Brady v. Brady’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
62 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably 81 Ill. 2d 317 - Finley v. Finley (1980), Goold v. Goold (1987)
62 state decisions
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 Neagle v. Brooks · 48 Wash. 2d 373 - Ditmar v. Ditmar · Herzmark v. Herzmark · Thompson v. Thompson · Strecker v. Wilkinson
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under K.S.A. 1978 Supp. 60-1610(a) any order requiring either parent or both parents to pay for the support of any child until the age of majority shall terminate when such child attains the age of eighteen (18) years, unless by prior written agreement approved by the court such parents or parents specifically agreed to pay such support beyond the time such child attains the age of eighteen (18).””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[C]hild support may be modified at any time circumstances render such a change proper, but the modification operates prospectively only. [Citations omitted.] Divorced parents cannot legally reduce child support or terminate the obligation by a contractual agreement or otherwise. It is a right of die child and can only be reduced or terminated by court order.” 225 Kan. at 488-89 .”
3 later decisions 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.