26 Utah 2d 436 - Harmon v. Harmon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a decree of divorce is rendered, the court may include in it equitable orders relating to the children, property, debts or obligations, and parties. [[Image here]] The court has continuing jurisdiction to make subsequent changes or new orders for the support and maintenance of the parties, the custody of the children and their support, maintenance, health, and dental care, or the distribution of the property and obligations for debts as is reasonable and necessary.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mitchell v. Mitchell · Dehm v. Dehm

2. “* * * To accept the plaintiff’s contention that an adjudged arrearage is tantamount to a judgment in law, would in the long run tend to impair rather than to enhance the abilities of both the plaintiff and the court to accomplish the desired objective. * * * 491 P.2d at 232 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Finfrock v. Finfrock · Stroud v. Stroud

3. “Nevertheless, it is also to be realized that there may be situations where it appears to the court that the levying upon and taking away an asset from the defendant, or the garnishment of his salary, might result in the impairment or destruction of a means of producing income, so that the long-range effect would be more likely to defeat than to achieve [the court’s] purpose of seeing that the children are provided for.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State, Department of Human Services, Office of Recovery Services v. Child Support Enforcement