MacDonald v. MacDonald’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2025
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Levin · State v. Clark · Manzanares v. Byington · Moon v. Moon · Throckmorton v. Throckmorton
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has continuing jurisdiction to make substantive changes and new orders regarding alimony based on a substantial material change in circumstances not foreseeable at the time of the divorce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The inquiry of foreseeability is therefore limited to the universe of information that was presented in the record at the time the district court entered the divorce decree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“did not address whether the 1995 amendment [to this statute] altered the applicable standard ... the standard did change and we apply that standard today.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.