46 N.C. App. 481 - Daniels v. Hatcher’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “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.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 69 N.C. App. 607 - Walker v. Tucker · 55 N.C. App. 670 - Barnes v. Barnes

2. “Without definitive findings regarding the past and present needs of the [child], and the abilities of the plaintiff and the defendant to meet these needs, it is impossible to understand how the court concluded that the monthly financial needs of the [child would be approximately $700], or to comprehend by what formula the court divided the total amount between the parties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 79 N.C. App. 627 - Mullen v. Mullen

3. “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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 57 N.C. App. 124 - Goodhouse v. DeFravio