Dowling v. Dowling’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 15 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In a judgment in an action for divorce or action declaring a marriage void or at any time after judgment, the court may provide (2) for payment by either or both parties of an amount of money or goods, in gross or installments, as may be just and proper for the parties to contribute toward the nurture and education of their children, ...”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Lawrence v. Lawrence · Hpa v. Sca

2. “[A]ny time after judgment the court, upon motion of either party, may set aside, alter, or modify so much of the judgment as may provide ... for the care and custody of the minor children or for their nurture and education.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lawrence v. Lawrence · Hinchey v. Hinchey

3. “Since a child support order is modifiable after judgment upon a showing of substantial change in circumstances, a child’s right to future, unaccrued installments of child support is not a vested right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kocherov v. Kocherov