587 So. 2d 176 - State v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a person commits a voluntary act, that act cannot be used to justify the extinction of a protected right like child support. As a general rule, the obligation continues when the defendant has brought about his own financial condition, regardless of a temporary situation making it impossible for the defendant to pay for a given length of time .... Even when a defendant is actually unable to pay for the period of his incarceration, his support obligation can be satisfied after his release from prison.”

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

2. “[a]n award for support shall not be reduced or increased unless the party seeking the reduction or increase shows a change in circumstances ... between the time of the previous award and the time of the motion for modification of the award.”

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

3. “[w]hen the person who gives or receives alimony is [placed] in such a situation that the one can no longer give, or that the other is no longer in need of it, in whole or in part....”

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