Walker v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably Haden v. Riou (2001), Thomas v. Thomas (1999)
26 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 Murphy v. Carron · Reinert v. Director of Revenue · Jensen v. Jensen · State v. Hines · Lohrmann v. Carter
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]hild support may be calculated in appropriate circumstances based on a determination of potential income. To determine potential income, the court or administrative agency may consider employment potential and probable earnings level based on the parent's recent work history, occupational qualifications, prevailing job opportunities in the community....”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“‘Proper circumstances’ have been considered to include situations where a parent has voluntarily reduced his or her income without justification.” Walker v. Walker, 936 S.W.2d 244, 247 (Mo.App. S.D.1996).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Proof that a parent has previously made more money ... is not alone a sufficient basis upon which to impute income at those levels,”
1 later decision 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.