596 So. 2d 879 - Stokes v. Maris’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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

1. “ha[s] no authority to order child support in any form, whether regular, college expenses, or otherwise, to continue in effect post-majority.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mottley v. Mottley · 726 So. 2d 1292 - Meek v. Warren

2. “[I]f the [college education] benefit is awarded as child support, that right terminates when the child becomes emancipated[,] ... but if it is awarded as an adjustment of the rights between the parties to the divorce as to who shall share or pay what portion of the expense of a college education, then the right vests and does not terminate although the child does not enjoy that benefit until he may have passed the age of 21.”

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

3. “[N]othing we have said should be interpreted as foreclosing the enforceability of agreements by the parties providing for the post-emancipation care and maintenance of their children, whether those agreements are separate contracts, or have been incorporated into the divorce decree. 547 So.2d at 770 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 622 So. 2d 1226 - Crow v. Crow