Bergstrom v. Lindback’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently October 2019 · most notably Koller v. Reft (2003), Coghill v. Coghill (1992)
28 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
Relies on Lone Wolf v. Lone Wolf · Burrell v. Burrell · Matthews v. Matthews · L.L.M. v. P.M. · Cox v. Cox
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Guidelines — Sole or Primary Physical Custody. A child support award in a case in which one parent is awarded sole or primary physical custody as defined by paragraph (f) will be calculated as an amount equal to the adjusted annual income of the non-custodial parent multiplied by a percentage specified in subparagraph (a)(2). (1) Adjusted annual income as used in this rule means the parent’s total income from all sources minus: (A) mandatory deductions such as federal income tax, social security tax, mandatory retirement deductions and mandatory union dues; (B) child support and alimony payments arising from prior relationships which are required by other court or administrative proceedings and actually paid; and (C) work related child care expenses for the children who are the subject of the child support order. (2) The percentage by which the non-custodial parent’s adjusted income must be multiplied in order to calculate the child support award is; (A) 20% (.20) for one child....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Pugil v. Cogar · Coghill v. Coghill“Given this broad definition, we believe that the superior court has discretion whether to include in income amounts voluntarily deposited into deferred income compensation accounts. Under this rule, the court will be able to prevent a parent from decreasing his or her child support obligation by shifting income earned presently into the future.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A]ctual tax liability under existing Internal Revenue Service regulations ... is the proper basis for determining the amount to be deducted from his income.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.