Stearns v. Kean’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1 district · 16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jefferson County Department of Social Services v. D.A.G. · 21 Cal. App. 3d 870 - Perez v. Singh · 269 Cal. App. 2d 680 - Van Buskirk v. Todd · Eves v. Iowa Employment Security Commission · Huss v. DeMott
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An action under 252A is commenced by a “petitioner” or a “petitioner’s representative” who files a verified petition in a court of equity alleging need for and entitlement to support. § 252A.6(1). A “petitioner” is defined as a dependent person for whom support is sought, § 252A.2(5), and a “petitioner’s representative” includes a state or county attorney, or other public official, charged with the duty of instituting, maintaining, or prosecuting a proceeding under 252A. § 252A.2(7). The statutory definition of a petitioner’s representative does not refer to the mother of a dependent child. The reason for this may be the interests the mother may have in conflict with those of the dependent and the state [[Image here]]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Whenever the state or a political subdivision thereof furnishes support to a dependent, it has the same right through proceedings instituted by the petitioner’s representative to invoke the provisions hereof as the dependent to whom the support was furnished, for the purpose of securing reimbursement of expenditures so made and of obtaining continuing support ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Actions may be brought within the times herein limited, respectively, after their causes accrue, and not afterwards, except when otherwise specially declared: ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.