Evans v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “SDCL 25-7-6.2 provides guidelines that trial courts must follow in setting child support amounts. ") (Emphasis added.) The schedule set up for child support obligations, found at SDCL 25-7-6.2, bases the amount owed on the number of minor children in the family. The guidelines were followed in this case, as James was ordered to pay $469 per month in support based on his income and the fact that there were four minor children at the time the stipulation was entered. The trial court had the authority to modify the amount owed to support those four children, but it did not have the authority to use the guidelines to change the agreement of the parties that the support payments were to be reduced as each child reached the age of majority. [¶ 41.] Further support for the proposition that the parties have always understood child support was to be paid "per child”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. O'Grady v. O'Grady

2. “(1) the length of the marriage; (2) the, respective earning capacity of the parties; (3) their respective financial condition after the property division; (4) their respective age, health and physical condition; (5) their station in life or social standing; and (6) the relative fault in the termination of the marriage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peterson v. Peterson

3. “South Dakota is an 'all property state,' meaning that 'all property of either or both divorcing parties is subject to equitable division by the court, regardless of title or origin.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. Taylor