Nass v. Seaton’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably 75 Cal. App. 4th 1442 - County of Kern v. Castle (1999), C.R.B. v. C.C. (1998)
44 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 Petrini v. Petrini · Matter of KLJ · Richmond v. Richmond · 210 Ill. App. 3d 92 - In Re Marriage of Harmon · Adrian v. Adrian
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] noncustodial parent who voluntarily reduces his or her income should not automatically receive a corresponding reduction in his or her child support obligation.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Review of authorities addressing the question of whether gifts to the obligor parent should be considered income for purposes of determining the level of the obligor’s support obligation leads us to the determination that the principal amount of gifts and inheritances should not be considered as income for purposes of [Alaska R. Civ. P. 90.3 (defining “adjusted gross income” for child support purposes)]. We are persuaded that any other approach blurs the easily administered and well-established historical distinction between gifts and earned income. In short, we conclude that the authorities which refuse to recognize the inclusion of gifts in determining the level of the obligor’s adjusted gross income for purposes of calculating a child support obligation represent the correct rule of law. We therefore hold that it was error for the superior court to include any gifts from Fred’s parents in calculating his child support obligation under Civil Rule 90.3.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(c) Exceptions. (1) The court may vary the child support award as calculated under the other provisions of this rule for good cause.... Good cause may include a finding: (B) ... that the parent with the child support obligation has a gross income which is below the poverty level as set forth in the Federal Register. However, a parent who would be required to pay child support pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) must be ordered to pay a minimum child support amount of no less than $50.00 per month except as provided in paragraphs (a)(3) and (b).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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