Smith v. Bramhall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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. “(a) Any order of the court may be enforced by contempt. (b) A court may enforce an order for support as provided in Rule 308A of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure or any subsequent version of the rule promulgated by the Supreme Court. (c) On the motion of any party entitled to receive payments for the benefit of a child, the court may render judgment against a defaulting party for any amount unpaid and owing after 10 days' notice to the defaulting party of his failure or refusal to carry out the terms of the order. The judgment may be enforced by any means available for the enforcement of judgments for debts. (d) A parent may be compelled to testify fully in regard to his ability to support the child.”

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

2. “In this case the deceased owed debt for child support; claim was made upon his executor for payment which was refused; and suit was then filed to collect same. The trial court was authorized to render judgment for plaintiff for the debt for the child support against deceased's Executor.”

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

3. “unpaid child support is thus a debt for which judgment may be taken.”

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