179 Md. App. 348 - Burden v. Burden’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738 · 42 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 451 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 666 (§ 466 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Walter v. Gunter · Knill v. Knill · Brown v. Brown · Bledsoe v. Bledsoe · 212 Ill. 2d 389 - People Ex Rel. Department of Public Aid v. Smith
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Procedures under which, after the 60-day period referred to in clause (ii), a signed voluntary acknowledgment of paternity may be challenged in court only on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact, with the burden of proof upon the challenger, and under which the legal responsibility (including child support obligations) of any signatory arising from the acknowledgment may not be suspended during the challenge, except for good cause shown.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“considered a legal finding of paternity[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Under a literal reading, FL § 5-1048 does not apply here. The divorce action there was not a paternity proceeding under Subtitle 10, 'Paternity proceedings.' If FL § 5-1048 does apply, then the force and effect of the finding of paternity based upon voluntary acknowledgment is set forth in FL § 5-1028(d) [.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.