Wetherington v. Wetherington’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Varn v. Varn · Autrey v. Autrey · Hunter v. Hunter · Stowell v. Huguenard · Wingard v. Paris
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.
“the showing of a change in the parent's financial status or a change in the needs of the child is a threshold requirement in a modification action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The child support guidelines contained in this Code section are a minimum basis for determining the amount of child support and shall apply as a rebuttable presumption in all legal proceedings involving the child support responsibility of a parent . This Code section shall be used when the court enters a temporary or permanent child support order in a contested or noncontested hearing or order in a civil action filed pursuant to Code Section 19-13-4.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the child support guidelines apply not only to initial determinations of child support, but also to modification actions, and are the expression of the legislative will regarding the calculation of child support and must be considered by any court setting child support.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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