Brooks v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the trial court should consider the length of the marriage; the respective earning capacity of the parties; their respective financial condition after the property division; their respective age, health and physical condition; their station in life or social standing; and the relative fault in the termination of the marriage.”

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

2. “For a combined net income above the schedule in § 25-7-6.2, the child support obligation shall be established at an appropriate level, taking into account the actual needs and standard of living of the child.”

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

3. “This Court will not disturb an award of child support unless it clearly appears the trial court abused its discretion.”

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