339 So. 2d 835 - Ducote v. Ducote’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
146 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably 348 So. 2d 75 - Pearce v. Pearce (1977), 739 So. 2d 762 - Stogner v. Stogner (1999)
146 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Wilmot v. Wilmot · 283 So. 2d 226 - Bernhardt v. Bernhardt · Fellows v. Fellows · Hodges v. Decoteau · Gravel v. Gravel
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Louisiana Civil Code Article 227 provides that parents have the obligation to support, maintain, and educate their children. This support shall be granted in proportion to the needs of the child and the circumstances of the parent who is to pay. LSA-C.C. Art. 231. If the parents are divorced and the children are living with their mother, the children are entitled to the same standard of living as if they resided with their father whenever the financial circumstances of the father permit. Wilmot v. Wilmot, 223 La. 221 , 65 So.2d 321 (1953); Sarpy v. Sarpy, La.App., 323 So.2d 851 (1975), cert. denied, La., 328 So.2d 166 (1976); Phillips v. Phillips, La.App., 319 So.2d 566 (1975).”
11 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Howell v. Howell · Guice v. Guice“"The duties of preparing meals, washing clothes, providing transportation, furnishing care and guidance, and performing all the day-to-day services that are demanded of a mother contribute substantially to the mutual obligation of support." Ducote v. Ducote, supra, at 839 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[S]ince the percentile of inflation fluctuates monthly, a court would be hard pressed to arrive at an accurate figure to reflect this factor.”
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.