Nelson v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

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

• “As we believe this opinion demonstrates, Watkins is contrary to the great body of authority recognizing the existence of such a parental duty to support[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Carl v. Children's Hospital
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-09-23· cited 140×
• District of Columbia v. Thompson
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-06-17· cited 126×
• Holleyman v. Holleyman
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2003-10-14· cited 34×
• Smith v. Smith
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1989-11-08· cited 33×
• Riggs v. Riggs
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2003-02-24· cited 25×
• Streb v. Streb
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1989-05-19· cited 22×
• Ravenstein v. Ravenstein
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-07-17· cited 21×
• Gallimore v. Washington
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-10-23· cited 17×
• Graham v. Graham
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-06-07· cited 14×
• Day v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-09-19· cited 14×
• Guyton v. Guyton
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-02-14· cited 11×
• Cohn v. Cohn
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1996-12-12· cited 9×
• Hays v. Alexander
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-06-06· cited 9×
• In re D.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-07-13· cited 9×
• Casdorph v. Casdorph
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-13· cited 8×
• Lasley v. Georgetown University
  District of Columbia· 1994-01-24· cited 6×
• Negretti v. Negretti
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1993-03-09· cited 6×
• Matter of Dm
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-07-13
• Mari Lynn Hays Alexander v. Lon Frederick Alexander
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-06-29
• Moore v. United States En Banc
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2025-09-04

Cites

37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• O'CONNOR v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-02-13· cited 76×
• Castle v. Castle
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1984-12-31· cited 64×
• Perla v. Perla
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1952-05-09· cited 54×
• Davis Ex Rel. Grant v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1954-12-14· cited 44×
• Perkins v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-05-24· cited 44×
• Hamilton Ex Rel. Hamilton v. Hamilton
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1968-11-12· cited 38×
• Unnamed case
  D.C. Circuit· 1950-10-30· cited 36×
• Pleasant v. Washington Sand & Gravel Co.
  D.C. Circuit· 1958-12-11· cited 33×
• United States v. Tucker
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-10-29· cited 30×
• District of Columbia Ex Rel. W.J.D. v. E.M.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1983-09-23· cited 29×
• Kruvant v. Kruvant
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1968-03-18· cited 28×
• Crain v. Mallone
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1908-10-28· cited 28×
• Van Tinker v. Van Tinker
  Washington Supreme Court· 1951-03-30· cited 27×
• Duvallon v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-10-03· cited 27×
• Evans v. Washington
  District of Columbia· 1978-06-14· cited 26×
• Smith v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-01-17· cited 26×
• Towery v. Towery
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-03-04· cited 22×
• State Ex Rel. Kramer v. Carroll
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1958-02-04· cited 22×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cann v. Cann
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-11· cited 21×
• Sayne v. Sayne
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1955-06-08· cited 20×