165 Conn. App. 473 - Lawrence v. Cords’s Empirical Analysis

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26 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A modification is [a] change; an alteration or amendment which introduces new elements into the details, or cancels some of them, but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.... In contrast, an order effectuating an existing judgment allows the court to protect the integrity of its original ruling by ensuring the parties' timely compliance therewith.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Conn. App. 507 - Avery v. Medina · 190 Conn. App. 760 - Almeida v. Almeida

2. “there are conflicting decisions of [the Appellate Court] regarding whether the modification of a property distribution postdissolution implicates the court's subject matter jurisdiction or merely its statutory authority. Compare McLoughlin v. McLoughlin , 157 Conn. App. 568 , 575-76 n.5, 118 A.3d 64 (2015) ('we note that the distribution of personal property postdissolution does not implicate the court's subject matter jurisdiction but, rather, its statutory authority'), and Roos v. Roos , 84 Conn. App. 415 , 421-22, 853 A.2d 642 (noting that distribution of personal property postdissolution is question of statutory authority, not subject matter jurisdiction), cert. denied, 271 Conn. 936 , 861 A.2d 510 (2004), with Forgione v. Forgione , [supra, 162 Conn. App. at 6-7, 129 A.3d 766 ] (stating that court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to modify property distribution postdissolution), and Sousa v. Sousa , [supra, 157 Conn. App. at 596, 116 A.3d 865 ] ('by subsequently [postdissolution] modifying the order dividing the plaintiff's pension benefits equally between the parties, the court acted outside of its jurisdictional authority') ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reinke v. Sing

3. “In order to determine the practical effect of the court's order on the original judgment, we must examine the terms of the original judgment as well as the subsequent order. [T]he construction of [an order or] judgment is a question of law for the court ... [and] our review ... is plenary. As a general rule, [orders and] judgments are to be construed in the same fashion as other written instruments.... The determinative factor is the intention of the court as gathered from all parts of the [order or] judgment.... The interpretation of [an order or] judgment may involve the circumstances surrounding [its] making.... Effect must be given to that which is clearly implied as well as to that which is expressed.... The [order or] judgment should admit of a consistent construction as whole.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Conn. App. 507 - Avery v. Medina