191 N.C. App. 208 - Devaney v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wilson v. Crab Orchard Development Company · Pulliam v. Smith · Shore v. Brown · Hamill v. Cusack · 144 N.C. App. 79 - Groves v. Community Housing Corp. of Haywood County
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“absent a showing of a change in the needs of the child, only a substantial and involuntary decrease in the non-custodial parent’s income can justify a decrease in the child support obligation. All other changes in income must be accompanied by facts showing that the needs of the child have changed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[d]ismissal of a motion to modify child support when only the allegations in the motion and the court file are considered by the trial court is a summary procedure similar to judgment on the pleadings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A trial court's ruling on a motion for judgment on the pleadings is subject to de novo review on appeal.”
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.