Daly v. Daly’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
90 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably 144 N.J. Super. 200 - D'Onofrio v. D'Onofrio (1976), State v. Profaci (1970)
90 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Fantony v. Fantony · 125 Cal. App. 2d 154 - Smith v. Smith · Bonanno v. Bonanno · O'Loughlin v. O'Loughlin · 175 Pa. Super. 100 - Commonwealth v. Shaffer
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Duties of support applicable under this act are those imposed or imposable under the laws of any state where the obligor (appellant herein) was present during the period for which support is sought.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is universally recognized that the family is the basic unit of the complex society in which we live and that its stability is indispensable to the public welfare and health, morals and upbringing of children is its core and essence. A child has the right to be equipped for its future mature life, and this equipment is nothing more than education in its generic and inclusive sense, implying physical, intellectual and moral development. This has been recognized in all civilizations, with few exceptions since Crito said to Socrates, “No man should bring children into this world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nurture and education.” (Daly v. Daly, at 604, 123 A.2d 3 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The decided cases and our statutory provisions make it clear that the father's duty to support his minor children is a duty flowing directly from him to them without regard to any marital dereliction of his wife. The cases are legion where a divorce is granted in favor of the husband but an order for the support of the children by the husband is entered.”
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.