210 N.C. App. 319 - Robinson v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

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46 state decisions

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

1. “First, the court must identify and classify all property as marital or separate based upon the evidence presented regarding the nature of the asset. Second, the court must determine the net value of the marital property as of the date of the parties’ separation, with net value being market value, if any, less the amount of any encumbrances. Third, the court must distribute the marital property in an equitable manner.”

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 94 - Watson v. Watson · 264 N.C. App. 461 - Sluder v. Sluder

2. “It is not enough that evidence can be found within the record which could support ... classification; the court must actually classify all of the property and make a finding as to the value of all marital property.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 94 - Watson v. Watson · Almason v. Almason

3. “Child support is to be set in such amount “as to meet the reasonable needs of the child for health, education, and maintenance, having due regard to the estates, earnings, conditions, accustomed standard of living of the child and the parties, the child care and the homemaker contributions of each party, and other facts of the particular case.” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 50-13.4 (c) (2009). Trial courts have great discretion in establishing the amount of support to be provided minor children. The amount of child support awarded will therefore not be disturbed upon appeal absent a showing of abuse of discretion. Furthermore, an amount of child support which falls within the “guidelines is presumptively correct.” “The ‘ultimate objective in setting awards for child support is to secure support commensurate with the needs of the children and the ability of the [obligor] to meet the needs.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ludlam v. Miller