191 N.C. App. 19 - Helms v. Helms’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the court must determine whether [that] spouse would be unable to maintain his or her accustomed standard of living, established prior to separation, without financial contribution from the other.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 200 N.C. App. 321 - Bass v. Bass · 257 N.C. App. 436 - Kabasan v. Kabasan

2. “[i]t necessarily follows that the trial court must look at the parties' income and expenses in light of their accustomed standard of living”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 257 N.C. App. 436 - Kabasan v. Kabasan · 245 N.C. App. 1 - Carpenter v. Carpenter

3. “A spouse is actually substantially dependent if he or she is currently unable to meet his or her own maintenance and support. A spouse is substantially in need of maintenance if he or she will be unable to meet his or her needs in the future, even if he or she is currently meeting those needs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 200 N.C. App. 321 - Bass v. Bass