Orman v. Orman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “As and for additional child support, in addition to the amounts stated above, in each calendar year a determination shall be made as to the increase in cost of living for that year as published in the Consumer Price Index by the Department of Labor and Respondent [father] shall pay to Petitioner [mother] the percentage increase in each year compounded.”

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

2. “The trial court refused to enforce this provision of the decree on the grounds that it was too indefinite and uncertain and that the use of such formula was not customary or appropriate under the facts and circumstances of this case. We reverse.”

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