Guillot v. Munn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “| r,The trial court erred in failing to give specific reasons detailing the facts and circumstances warranting a deviation from the child support guidelines. A deviation may be allowed where the application of the guidelines would not be in the best interest of the child or would be inequitable to the parties. La.R.S. 9:315.1(B). Section (C)(2) does allow the trial court to consider, in determining whether to deviate from the guidelines, the legal obligation of a party to support dependents who are not the subject of the action before the court and who are in that party’s household. A deviation pursuant to this provision, however, must be supported by an evidentiary basis. In this case, no evidence was introduced as to the expenses incurred in supporting the child born to Mr. Munn’s subsequent marriage nor the extent to which his present wife contributes to the support of that child.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 759 So. 2d 206 - Fontenot v. Fontenot · 989 So. 2d 805 - State, Dept. of Social Services v. Hughes