7 Haw. App. 345 - Tomas v. Tomas’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 2011
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 3 Haw. App. 501 - Davis v. Davis · 7 Haw. App. 221 - Ching v. Ching · 5 Haw. App. 360 - Hilo Crane Service, Inc. v. Ho · MacK v. MacK
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The family court, in consultation with the agency, shall establish guidelines to establish the amount of child support when an order for support is sought or being enforced under this chapter. The guidelines shall be based on specific descriptive and numeric criteria and result in a computation of the support obligation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jaylo v. Jaylo“Guidelines to determine child support amounts. When the court establishes or modifies the amount of child support required to be paid by a parent, the court shall use the guidelines established under section 576D-7, except when exceptional circumstances warrant departure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jaylo v. Jaylo
How this case has been treated — in progress
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