Lampert v. Lampert’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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

1. “We do not ignore the fact that husband has MS, and as a consequence thereof, has reduced his working hours under doctors orders. However, the record shows that he is still functioning as a competent family physician. Although husband contends that he will suffer a complete loss of income due to his total disability from MS, this evidence is speculative given the nature of his illness. As we noted in Guindon v. Guindon, 256 N.W.2d 894, 899 (S.D.1977) '... respondent makes dire predictions of the future decrease in his income. If his income should decrease and/or the appellant’s income increase, he may petition the trial court for a modification under such a change of circumstances.’ So too if the present alimony award becomes so totally disparate with husband’s future income, which may be reduced dramatically because of his illness, then he may petition the trial court for a modification.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Light v. Light