Reller v. Reller’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “per-functor[(y] recit{al] in a default divorce decree that there was one child resulting from the marriage does not elevate the question of paternity to one that 'the tribunal addresses' for purposes of the [Parentage Act] so as to estop the parties 'from raising the issue again'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2015 UT App 59 - Kielkowski v. Kielkowski

2. “entered a stipulated partial decree of divorce, effectively divorcing [Reller] and [Feldman] and setting forth findings adequate to rebut the parental presumption as to [Reller], excluding him as the father of the child born during the marriage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2015 UT App 241 - Reller v. Argenziano

3. “In a proceeding to dissolve a marriage, the tribunal is considered to have made an adjudication of the parentage of a child if the question of paternity is raised and the tribunal adjudicates according to Part 6 [of the Parentage Act].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2015 UT App 59 - Kielkowski v. Kielkowski