Pugil v. Cogar’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “between locking an obligor into a career and the burden that the obligor's career change places on the custodial parent and the child”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hope P. v. Flynn G. · Maloney v. Maloney

2. “On the one hand, we do not believe that an obligor-parent should be ‘locked in’ to a particular job or field during the minority of his or her children when accepting a lower paying position may ultimately result in personal or professional advancement. On the other hand, the children of the marriage and the custodial parent should not be forced to finance the noneus-todial parent’s career change. We believe that the better rule is that stated by the Montana Supreme Court: “[T]he Judge [is] to consider the nature of the changes and the reasons for the changes, and then to determine whether, under all the circumstances, a modification is warranted.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nass v. Seaton

3. “is caring for a child under two years of age to whom the parents owe a joint legal responsibility.”

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