Turner v. Turner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The court shall require the obligor to be liable for all or a portion of the medical or dental expenses of the minor child that are not covered by the required health benefit plan coverage if: (1)The court finds that the health benefit plan coverage required to be obtained by the obligor or available to the obligee does not pay all the reasonable and necessary medical or dental expenses of the minor child; and (2) The court finds that the obligor has the financial resources to contribute to the payment of these medical or dental expenses; and (3) The court finds the obligee has substantially complied with the terms of the health benefit coverage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marriage of Kirkwood v. Kirkwood

2. “At any state of a proceeding in which the circuit court or the division has jurisdiction to establish or modify an order for child support, including but not limited to actions brought pursuant to this chapter, chapters 210, 211, and 452, RSMo, the court or the division shall determine whether to require a parent to provide medical care for the child through a health benefit plan.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Villines v. Phillips