66 Wash. 2d 503 - Lambert v. Lambert’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
82 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently May 2017 · most notably 95 Wash. 2d 94 - Wagner v. Wagner (1980), Schuler v. Schuler (1981)
82 state decisions — followed in 11 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 44 Wash. 2d 828 - State Ex Rel. Mauerman v. SUP'R CT. FOR THURSTON CTY. · Crosby v. Crosby · 38 Wash. 2d 207 - Heuchan v. Heuchan · 40 Wash. 2d 307 - Starkey v. Starkey · 54 Wash. 2d 413 - Malfait v. Malfait
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the facts now relied upon as establishing a change in the circumstances have been presented to the court in the previous hearing?”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is well settled in this jurisdiction, as in others, that a decree granting alimony or support can be modified only upon a showing of a substantial and material change in the condition and circumstances of the parties, occurring since the entry of the decree, relative to the factors of (1) the necessities of the divorced wife and children, and (2) the practical and realistic ability of the ex-husband to meet the obligations so imposed. Bartow v. Bartow, 12 Wn.2d 408 , 121 P.2d 962 (1942); Gordon v. Gordon, 44 Wn.2d 222 , 266 P.2d 786 (1954); Hanson v. Hanson, 47 Wn.2d 439 , 287 P.2d 879 (1955); 89 A.L.R.2d 11 . The burden of demonstrating the required change of circumstances, rests upon the party petitioning for the modification. Corson v. Corson, 46 Wn.2d 611 , 283 P.2d 673 (1955). And, determination of the question whether, under the evidence presented, there has been a substantial and material change in circumstances which will authorize and justify a modification in the alimony and support payments is addressed to, and rests within, the sound judgment and discretion of the trial judge, whose decision thereupon will not be reversed on appeal absent error or abuse of discretion. Wages v. Wages, 39 Wn.2d 74 , 234 P.2d 497 (1951); Gordon v. Gordon, supra; Hanson v. Hanson, supra.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“absent a substantial showing of good faith”
2 later decisions 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.