262 So. 2d 87 - Lamothe v. Lamothe’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 1987
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wilmot v. Wilmot · Williams v. Barnette · 129 So. 2d 61 - Wilson v. Wilson
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.
“"It is now well settled that parents have the obligation of supporting and maintaining their children, and the amount awarded for this purpose must be commensurate with the needs of the child and the financial ability of the father to respond. LSA-C.C. arts. 227 and 231. This basic formula has been enlarged to provide that a child reared in an affluent standard of living must be maintained in the same circumstances if the father's income so permits. In other words, the minor must be afforded the same degree and standard of maintenance the child would enjoy if in the father's custody."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mouton v. Mouton
How this case has been treated — in progress
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