249 N.C. App. 1 - Burger v. Burger’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This Court has long recognized that the determination of what constitutes the reasonable needs and expenses of a party in an alimony action is within the discretion of the trial judge, and he is not required to accept at face value the assertion of living expenses offered by the litigants themselves.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 262 N.C. App. 421 - Rea v. Rea

2. “Similarly, in general, 'a party's ability to pay child support is determined by that party's actual income at the time the award is made.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 735 - Wise v. Wise

3. “'[a]limony is ordinarily determined by a party's actual income, from all sources, at the time of the order.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 735 - Wise v. Wise