Lightel v. Myers’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1381A (§ 1602 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382 (§ 1611 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382A (§ 1612 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 1 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on 550 So. 2d 986 - Ex Parte Bayliss · 57 Ala. App. 230 - Binns v. Maddox · Ex Parte Brewington · 57 Ohio App. 2d 226 - Oatley v. Oatley · 18 Kan. App. 2d 277 - In Re the Marriage of Emerson
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"We hereby adopt the reasoning of those courts that have established a two-part test for determining whether a disabled adult child is entitled to support. To award such support, the trial court must (1) determine that the adult child is not capable of earning an income sufficient to provide for his or her reasonable living expenses and (2) that the adult child's mental or physical disability is the cause of his or her inability to earn that income. "If the trial court, applying that two-part test, determines that the adult child is entitled to postminority support, then we agree with the Court of Civil Appeals that the court should use the child-support guidelines in Rule 32, [Ala. R. Jud. Admin.], to calculate the proper amount of that support."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““In Alabama, a parent’s child-support obligation may be offset by payments by a third-party source where those payments constitute a substitute income source. See Self v. Self, [ 685 So.2d 732 (Ala.Civ.App.1996) ]; Binns v. Maddox, [ 57 Ala.App. 230 , 327 So.2d 726 (Civ.App.1996) ]. However, SSI benefits are a supplement to income, not a substitute for it. Therefore, we conclude that the trial court correctly refused to offset the father’s obligation to provide for the children’s reasonable living expenses by the amount of SSI benefits the children receive.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(quoting 62 Fed.Reg. 45, 284 (August 26, 1997)). SSI and other means-tested government benefits are financed from general revenues in order to provide disabled indigents with minimally adequate incomes, whereas SSD benefits are financed from payroll deductions. SSD payments represent money which an employee has earned during his or her employment and also that which his or her employer has paid for the employee's benefit into a common trust fund under the Social Security Act. See 42 U.S.C.A. § 405 . SSD”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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