Fox v. Fox

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• majority rule is that contempt is not proper means of enforcing payment of support arrearages once children have reached majority
• “extreme remedy” no longer justified when child no longer dependent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In re G. B.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-12-18· cited 77×
• Gibson v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-05-10· cited 53×
• In re Marriage of Preston
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-03-14· cited 34×
• Davenport v. Hood
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2000-11-03· cited 33×
• In Re Marriage of Wright
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-02-10· cited 30×
• In Re Marriage of Pease
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-05-20· cited 27×
• Dorsey v. Dorsey
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-08-05· cited 19×
• In Re Marriage of Ramos
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-06-15· cited 18×
• In Re Marriage of MacAluso
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-12-02· cited 17×
• Lichtenwalter v. Lichtenwalter
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2007-07-12· cited 13×
• In Re Custody of Scott
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-08-30· cited 12×
• Sherman v. Sherman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-08-01· cited 12×
• Tapman v. Tapman
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1988-07-13· cited 12×
• Gauger v. Gauger
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-03-13· cited 11×
• In Re Marriage of Hanson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-02-14· cited 11×
• Tande v. Bongiovanni
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-10-11· cited 9×
• Green v. Green
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-11-08· cited 9×
• Wagley v. Evans
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-05-14· cited 9×
• In the Matter of Christine I. Hosier and John R. Hosier, Debtors. Appeal of R. Michael Fischer
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-05-17· cited 6×
• Paternity of L.A. Ex Rel. Eppinger v. Adams
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-02-26· cited 6×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jenkins v. Jenkins
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1878-09-15· cited 33×
• Goodwillie v. Millimann
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1870-09-15· cited 30×
• Hampton v. Hampton
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-04-18· cited 29×
• Shaffner v. Shaffner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1904-10-24· cited 28×
• Jacobs v. Jacobs
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1946-02-13· cited 23×
• Arndt v. Arndt
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1948-03-18· cited 22×
• Dawson v. Dawson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-04-13· cited 21×
• Bramson v. Bramson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1958-05-09· cited 14×
• Gersten v. Gersten
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-08-28· cited 13×
• McLeod v. McLeod
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1971-05-17· cited 12×
• Doty v. Doty
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-01-10· cited 12×
• Balswic v. Balswic
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1912-10-15· cited 11×
• Taapken v. Taapken
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-06-17· cited 9×
• Lewis v. Lewis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-05-03· cited 8×
• Wickiser v. Powers
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1944-10-26· cited 8×
• In Re Estate of Weaver
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1954-12-09· cited 7×
• Shaffer v. Shaffer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1920-10-06· cited 5×
• Walberg v. Walberg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-04-25· cited 1×