Baranyk v. McDowell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. Any order directing any payment or installment of money for the support of a child is, on and after the date it is due and unpaid: a. A judgment by operation of law, with the full force, effect, and attributes of a judgment of the district court, and must be entered in the judgment docket, upon filing by the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s assignee of a written request accompanied by a verified statement of arrearage or certified copy of the payment records of the clerk of district court maintained under section 14-09-08.1 and an affidavit of identification of the judgment debtor, and otherwise enforced as a judgment;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. Rath

2. “[I]n spite of that limited purpose, the federal law specifically requires that retroactive modification be precluded by making unpaid child support obligations into judgments. The bill is intended to do that, while at the same time, avoiding any amendment to existing requirements for the docketing of judgments.... [A]n unpaid child support obligation would become an undocketed judgment, like existing judgments under state law, which could not be docketed without following the existing North Dakota procedures. (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. Rath