Morovitz v. Morovitz’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “If the application of the child support guidelines and criteria set forth in section 452.340 and applicable supreme court rules to the financial circumstances of the parties would result in a change of child support from the existing amount by twenty percent or more, a prima facie showing has been made of a change of circumstances so substantial and continuing as to make the present terms unreasonable, if the existing amount was based upon the presumed amount pursuant to the child support guidelines.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Selby v. Smith

2. ““It is within the discretion of the trial court to impute income to the noncustodial parent according to what he could have earned by the use of his best efforts to gain employment.” Morovitz v. Morovitz, 778 S.W.2d 369, 371 (Mo.App.1989) cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1085 , 110 S.Ct. 1822 , 108 L.Ed.2d 952 , citing Hogrebe v. Hogrebe, 727 S.W.2d 193, 195 (Mo.App.1987).”

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