Heaton v. Heaton’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “By statute, The terms of a decree respecting * * * support may be modified upon a showing of * * * substantially increased or decreased earnings of a party; * * * which makes the terms [of the original award] unreasonable and unfair. * * * On a motion for modification of support, the court shall take into consideration the needs of the children and shall not consider the financial circumstances of each party's spouse, if any.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marriage of Darcy v. Darcy · Marriage of Derence v. Derence

2. “show that the support terms are unreasonable and unfair because either (a) the earnings of a parent have substantially increased or decreased, or (b) the need of a party has substantially increased or decreased; and the court shall further consider the needs of the children * * *.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marriage of Darcy v. Darcy · Marriage of Fuller v. Glover

3. “* * * upon a showing of one or more of the following: (1) substantially increased or decreased earnings of a party; (2) substantially increased or decreased need of a party; (3) receipt of assistance under sections 256.72 to 256.87; or (4) a change in the cost-of-living for either party as measured by the federal bureau of statistics, any of which makes the terms unreasonable and unfair.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marriage of Blomgren v. Blomgren