Nevarez v. Nevarez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Duties of support enforceable under this chapter are those imposed under the laws of any state [1] in which the defendant was present during the period for which support is sought, or [2] in which the dependent was present when the failure to support commenced or where the dependent is when the failure to support continues. The defendant shall be presumed to have been present in the responding state during the period for which support is sought until otherwise shown.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mims v. Mims

2. “There shall be a presumption that there has been a substantial or material change of circumstances that warrants a modification of a child support order if application of the guideline to the current circumstances of the parties results in an amount of child support that varies from the amount of the existing child support order by 15% or more.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robinson v. Robinson

3. “Duties of support applicable under this subtitle are those imposed under the laws of any state where the obligor was present during the period for which support is sought. The obligor is presumed to have been present in the responding state during the period for which support is sought until otherwise shown.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mims v. Mims