"Lord" v. "Lord"’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “The traditional and statutory notion (DRL § 32) that a father has the primary obligation to support his children neither reflects the realities of modern life nor complies with our constitutional require-merits of equal protection. Nor is such a construction consistent with the statutory dictates of DRL ■§ 240 which requires that support be determined “having regard [for] the circumstances ... of the respective parties” and “out of the property of either or both of its parents.” (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Abraham & Straus v. Francis (In Re Francis)