Baker v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) in every original suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which child support payments are ordered; (2) on motion to require income withholding regarding a child support order entered before the effective date of this subchapter; provided that at the time the motion is filed the obligor is shown to have been in arrears for a time period of at least 30 days for some portion of the amount due and in arrears for an amount equal to or greater than that due for a one-month period; (3) on motion to modify an order entered after the effective date of this sub-chapter that did not originally order income withheld; provided that the obligor is shown to have been in arrears for a time period of at least 30 days for some portion of the amount due and is currently in arrears for an amount equal to or greater than that due for a one-month period; or (4) after a hearing unsuccessfully contesting a notice of delinquency as provided by Section 14.44 of this code in a case involving the delinquency of either a child support order entered before the effective date of this subchapter or after the effective date of this subchapter that did not originally order income withheld. Payment of overdue support after receipt of notice of a hearing as provided by this section shall not be the sole basis for the court to refuse to order withholding from income.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crume v. Crume

2. “1. reducing the amount of appellee’s child support obligation because there was no evidence, or, in the alternative, insufficient evidence, of any material and substantial change in the circumstances of the persons affected; 2. denying appellant’s motion to order appellee to provide medical and hospitalization insurance for his minor child; 3. denying appellant’s motion to have an appropriate payment on arrears ordered withheld from appellee’s earnings; and 4. reducing appellee’s child support obligation to an amount excessively below the amount established by the child support guidelines. The Child Support Obligation Texas Family Code, § 14.08 provides: “After a hearing, the court may modify an order or portion of a decree that: (2) provides for the support of a child if the circumstances of the child or a person affected by the order or portion of the decree to be modified have materially and substantially changed since the date of its rendition, except that a support order may be modified only as to obligations accruing after the earlier of the date of service of citation or an appearance on the motion to modify ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hernandez

3. “Except for good cause shown, or on agreement of the parties, or as provided in Subsection (f) of this section, in a proceeding in which periodic payments of child support are to be ordered or modified, the court shall order that income be withheld from the disposable earnings of the obligor to conform with the provisions of Section 14.43 of this code.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crume v. Crume