Smith v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 1997
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lepis v. Lepis · Petersen v. Petersen · 116 N.J. Super. 546 - Schiff v. Schiff · 203 N.J. Super. 160 - Edgerton v. Edgerton · 211 N.J. Super. 189 - Shifman v. Shifman
Most-quoted passages
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“an `anti- Lepis' clause, which seeks to preclude the exercise of this Court's equitable responsibility to review and, if warranted, to modify support obligations in response to changed circumstances, is contrary to the public policy of this State as reflected in its Legislative Acts and its judicial decisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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