Cox v. Cox’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably 185 W. Va. 472 - Wyatt v. Wyatt (1991), Bergstrom v. Lindback (1989)
26 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 667 (§ 467 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Curley v. Curley · 147 Wis. 2d 547 - MARRIAGE OF PEERENBOOM v. Peerenboom · 7 Haw. App. 221 - Ching v. Ching · Malekos v. Chloe Ann Yin
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reflect a paternalistic view toward child support agreements.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The legislative findings accompanying the enactment [of as 25.27.065] speak of enhancing the efforts of those who are seeking to enforce the payment of child support obligations, the hardship experienced by children and families who must rely on support from a non-custodial parent, and the cost that must be borne by the general public because of inadequate child support from non-custodial parents. No mention is made of the benefits which might flow from allowing parents to enter into agreements waiving child support. Thus, the mere fact that an agreement may comply with this statute does not mean that it is free from the operation and effect of Rule 90.3. Our holding that the parties cannot by contract evade the operation of Rule 90.3 therefore does not conflict with this statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nix v. Nix“[t]he presumption imposed by [Rule 90.3] is that the guidelines are applicable and may be departed from only for good cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Laughlin v. Laughlin
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.