McMaster v. McMaster’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. “Here, the trial court made no determination, nor does the record show why Mother cannot use a portion of her resources to contribute to Joelle's college education. In her brief, Mother suggests the trial court ordered Father to pay the full educational expenses because Father is financially able to do so. While Mother's argument may justify an order requiring her to make a modest contribution to Joelle's college expenses consistent with her financial ability, it does not justify an order requiring Father to pay all of the expenses.”

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

2. “`In determining whether to order either or both parents to pay sums toward their child's college education, the court must consider whether and to what extent the parents, if still married, would have contributed to the child's college expenses.'”

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

3. “Father does not challenge these findings and we accept them as true.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Matter of Involuntary Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of: M.R., M.D., and A.D. (Minor Children) and D.D. (Mother) v. The Indiana Department of Child Services (mem. dec.)