173 Conn. App. 595 - Bauer v. Bauer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The burden of proving an inability to pay rests with the obligor. Whether the obligor has established his inability to pay by credible evidence is a question of fact. The obligor must establish that he cannot comply, or was unable to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 822 - Thomasi v. Thomasi

2. “A factual finding is clearly erroneous when it is not supported by any evidence in the record or when there is evidence to support it, but the reviewing court is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been made.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 188 Conn. App. 259 - In re Bianca K.

3. “To constitute contempt, a party's conduct must be wilful .... Noncompliance alone will not support a judgment of contempt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 177 Conn. App. 504 - Spencer v. Spencer