Fifield v. Fifield’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
April 1994
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kiesow v. Kiesow · Hadrava v. Hadrava · Claybaugh v. Claybaugh · Marriage of Arora v. Arora
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * In this matter * * * tax planning appears to have been a major consideration. Although child support was set at less than provided in the guidelines, appellant received compensating provisions for spousal maintenance payments which do not terminate upon remarriage and large cash payments as part of the property settlement. Application of the guidelines under these circumstances would discourage voluntary settlement in dissolution proceedings.”
2 later decisions 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.