Fountain v. Mitros’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Mother testified that Father did not contribute to her school clothes and intimate apparel, although Father purchased five or six items of used clothing during the last school year. Mother stated that Father refused to contribute toward the school supplies required at the beginning of the school year and that Mother paid for all school lunches, all medication, and had covered the total medical bill on two or three occasions. Mother also testified that her daughter's growth required several new pairs of shoes each year and that she needed child support to provide the basic items needed. Extras provided by Mother included swimming lessons, choir supplies, flute lessons, a bicycle for home and one for Father's house, which was sold to help pay for the new bicycle purchased by Father.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brandon Lee Jensen v. Margaret E. Milatzo-Jensen

2. “certainly not beyond the bounds of reason”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matthew Oliver Lee v. Nancy W. Lee