413 So. 2d 749 - Lamm v. Chapman’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently October 2010 · most notably 471 So. 2d 1274 - Bowen v. Bowen (1985), 561 So. 2d 565 - Gibson v. Bennett (1990)
30 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 339 So. 2d 650 - Faircloth v. Faircloth · The Time Publishing Co. v. Rowland · State Ex Rel. Cahn v. Mason · 384 So. 2d 195 - Gelkop v. Gelkop · Peacock v. Peacock
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“By the express authority of section 409.-2561(3)(c), the state is empowered to act in the place of the public assistance recipient in seeking civil enforcement of the child support obligation; no limitations are placed on the state’s choice of remedies. We construe section 409.2561(3)(c) to authorize the state’s use of the identical remedies against the responsible parent as are available to the child’s custodian, including, but not limited to, the use of civil contempt. * * * * * * [T]he assignment of the child support obligation to the state, under section 409.-2561(3) does not change the nature of the obligation, nor does it limit the means by which the obligation may be enforced. * is sfc ¡fc sfc We note that, although contempt may be the most generally used means of enforcing the child support obligation, it is not the only remedy available to the state or to the child’s custodian. Either could obtain a judgment for an arrearage of child support. In the event that such a judgment is obtained, it constitutes a judgment debt upon which execution may issue and for which traditional enforcement remedies, including liens and levies, may be utilized.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the acceptance of public assistance for the support of a dependent child vests in the department the authority to proceed with all remedies available to the child's custodian. The state must have the power to ensure that the responsible parent, to the extent that he or she has the ability to pay, reimburse the state for public assistance moneys expended for the benefit of a dependent child and provide continuing reasonable child support.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) Any payment of public assistance money made to, or for the benefit of, any dependent child creates an obligation in an amount equal to the amount of public assistance paid. If there has been a prior court order or final judgment of dissolution of marriage establishing an obligation of support, the obligation is limited to the amount provided by such court order or decree_ If there is no prior court order establishing an obligation of support, the court shall establish the liability of the obligor, if any, for reimbursement of public assistance moneys paid_ [Emphasis added]”
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.