Austelle v. Austelle’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1998
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Moseley v. Mosier · Jeanes v. Jeanes · Fielden v. Fielden · Zwerling v. Zwerling · Bryant v. Varat
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“hold the language in the agreement evidences the intent of the parties to be bound solely by the support agreement in determining their rights and liabilities. The current dispute between the parties, accordingly concerns a contractual obligation and the family court is without subject matter jurisdiction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Peterson v. Peterson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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