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← 622 SW2D 58 - Wilson v. Bowman

Wilson v. Bowman’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1989
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jerkins v. McKinney · 26 Tenn. App. 227 - Crane v. Crane · 34 Tenn. App. 654 - Gossett v. Gossett · 41 Tenn. App. 623 - Daugherty v. Dixon · Dillow v. Dillow

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.

  1. “Tennessee has adopted the minority rule that in cases of annulment, divorce or separate maintenance a decree for the support of a minor child, even as to past due and unpaid installments, may be modified by the court at any subsequent term... . This rule is based on the language of T.C.A. [§§ 36-5-101, 36-6-101, and 36-6-102].”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “to forgive arrearages in child support arising out of a paternity action. Such authority is derived from the remedial purpose of T.C.A. [§ 36-2-111]. From this authority the Trial Judge as a matter of discretion has the power to grant retroactive relief of delinquent child support.”
    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.