McDaniel v. McDaniel’s Empirical Analysis

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11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[b]y agreement of the parties or order of the court, extraordinary medical expenses incurred on behalf of the child shall be added to the basic child support obligation.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Montou v. Montou · Westcott v. Westcott

2. “[T]he record must contain oral or written reasons for the deviation, which are supported by the evidence. Rushing v. Rushing, 93-1066 (La.App. 3 Cir. 4/6/94) , 635 So.2d 610 ; Lanclos v. Lanclos, 614 So.2d 170 (La.App. 3 Cir.1993). Adequate reasons for deviating from the guidelines must include the trial court's findings as to the amount of support that would have been required under a mechanical application of the guidelines[.]”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Montou v. Montou · 934 So. 2d 214 - Bazile v. Washington

3. “The court may also consider as income the benefits a party derives from expense-sharing or other sources; however, in determining the benefits of expense-sharing, the court shall not consider the income of another spouse, regardless of the legal regime under which the remarriage exists, except to the extent that such income is used directly to reduce the cost of a party's actual expenses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 934 So. 2d 214 - Bazile v. Washington