MacLafferty v. MacLafferty’s Empirical Analysis

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40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “considerable deference to the findings of the trial court in family law matters”

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eppler v. Eppler · In Re Paternity of ZTH

2. “Provisions of an order with respect to child support ... may be modified or revoked. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, modification may be made only: (1) upon a showing of changed circumstances so substantial and continuing as to make the terms unreasonable; or (2) upon a showing that: (A) a party has been ordered to pay an amount in child support that differs by more than twenty percent (20%) from the amount that would be ordered by applying the child support guidelines; and (B) the order requested to be modified or revoked was issued at least twelve (12) months before the petition requesting modification was filed.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. Knafel · Holtzleiter v. Holtzleiter

3. “Id. at 942 (emphasis supplied). The MacLafferty court declined to hold that a modification could never be made under Subsection (1) where the changed circumstance alleged was a change in one parent's income which would change the child support payment by less than twenty percent:”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davis v. Knafel · Cooper v. Fazio