40 N.C. App. 270 - Ebron v. Ebron’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Payments ordered for the support of a minor child shall be in such amount as to meet the reasonable needs of the child for health, education, and maintenance, having due regard to the estates, earnings, conditions, accustomed standard of living of the child and the parties, the child care and homemaker contributions of each party, and other facts of the particular case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 57 N.C. App. 657 - Dishmon v. Dishmon · 57 N.C. App. 124 - Goodhouse v. DeFravio

2. “material findings of fact which resolve[ ] the issues raised[ ] ... [and] must be sufficient to allow an appellate court to determine upon what facts the trial court predicated its judgment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 79 N.C. App. 627 - Mullen v. Mullen · 177 N.C. App. 673 - Armstrong v. Droessler

3. “An order of a court of this state for custody or support, or both, of a minor child may be modified or vacated at any time, upon a motion in the cause and a showing of changed circumstances by either party or anyone interested. (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 N.C. App. 670 - Barnes v. Barnes