Smith v. Rials’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 2001
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 477 So. 2d 445 - Brannon v. Brannon · Euler v. Euler · Landers v. Landers
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[O]nly the courts have the power to modify child support and . . . agreements not approved by the court have no legal effect. . . . "Although the trial court [in its February 22, 1995, judgment] set out a detailed and well-reasoned method for the parties to adjust child support when the [father's] income changes, agreements between the parties have no legal effect unless approved by the court."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"The provisions of any judgment respecting child support shall be modified only as to installments accruing after the filing of the petition for modification."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.