Clutter v. McIntosh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The income and financial circumstances of the spouse of an obligor should not be considered as income for child support purposes unless the spouse’s income and financial circumstances are, to a significant extent, subject to control by the obligor as, for instance, where the obligor is a principal in a business employing the spouse. The value of in-kind income contributed by the spouse to the obligor must be considered, as where the obligor’s spouse meets the cost of providing living quarters or transportation used by the obligor, or otherwise allows the obligor to avoid ordinary living expenses.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Spilovoy v. Spilovoy · Spilovoy v. Spilovoy

2. “Most of Gordon's earnings since 1984 have been from his own corporation, G.W. McIntosh Engineering and Consulting, Inc. Gordon owns this business jointly with his wife, Gerlyn, who is currently employed outside that corporation. When an obligor is self-employed with income subject to fluctuation, the administrative guidelines instruct that information from several years "must" be used to arrive at income. Gordon's fluctuating income from self-employment was anticipated by the guidelines.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mahoney v. Mahoney · 268 N.J. Super. 603 - Lanza v. Lanza

3. ““A support amount must be determined for the child or children in each parent’s sole custody. The lesser amount is then subtracted from the greater. The difference is the child support amount owed by the parent with the greater obligation.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Spilovoy v. Spilovoy · Mahoney v. Mahoney