Bryant v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “Foster care payments triggered by foster children’s presence in a foster home are intended to provide economic benefits only for the foster children, but not the foster parent. Wilkerson v. State, Dept. of Health and Social Services, Div. of Family and Youth Services, 993 P.2d 1018, 1023 (Alaska 1999). Foster care payments received by a foster care parent per day, per child are received by the foster parent acting in a fiduciary capacity. Paternity of 633 N.E.2d 1028, 1029 (Ind.Ct.App.1994). These payments assist the foster parent in fulfilling his or her obligation to provide food, clothing, and shelter for foster children placed under his or her care. Id. Accordingly, a foster parent has a duty to spend money received per day, per child on behalf of the foster children, the money is plainly unavailable for the foster parent’s own needs, and the money is not considered income available to the foster parent. See Rios v. South Dakota Dept. of Social Services, 420 N.W.2d 757, 762 (S.D.1988). 4”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Brooks

2. ““we are unable to discern whether the trial court’s decision regarding attor ney’s fees constituted an abuse of discretion. This is especially true given that under section 452.355.1, a trial court must consider the financial resources of both parties and the trial court’s decision regarding attorney’s fees in the instant case was premised upon an incorrect assessment of Wife’s financial resources. Therefore, we reverse the portion of the trial court’s judgment with respect to attorney’s fees and instruct the trial court to, upon reconsideration of the modification judgment, exercise its considerable discretion and again assess attorney’s fees as the court deems appropriate and as provided by law.” Bryant II, 218 S.W.3d at 573 .”

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