Pierce v. Pierce

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an inmate is not liable for an arrearage that accrued during incarceration unless he became incarcerated in order to avoid the obligation or had other assets while in prison
• holding that where an incarcerated person has no assets or income with which to pay child support or arrears, leaving a judgment in place benefits no one and constitutes additional punishment, and as such, a reduction is appropriate
• holding that where an incarcerated person has no assets or income with which to pay child support or arrears, leaving a judgment in place benefits no one and constitutes additional punishment, and as such, a reduction is appropriate
• reasoning that the continuation of child support obligation would be an additional penalty upon one who has already been penalized
• heavy financial load on the obligor is not in the best interest of the child
• modification granted and arrearages during incarceration discharged after finding that obligor lacked assets, but judgment of divorce gave obligor credit of $3,300 toward support for his equity in marital home

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Denhof v. Challa
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2015-07-28· cited 58×
• In Re the Marriage of Blickenstaff & Blickenstaff
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-10-19· cited 42×
• Mooney v. Brennan
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-03-05· cited 39×
• Yerkes v. Yerkes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 37×
• Surerus v. Matuska
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-05-29· cited 30×
• Division of Child Support Enforcement ex. rel. Harper v. Barrows
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-02-21· cited 28×
• People Ex Rel. Meyer v. Nein
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-02-28· cited 25×
• Glenn v. Glenn
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1993-03-16· cited 22×
• In re Plaisted
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-05-16· cited 22×
• In Re the Marriage of Hamilton
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1993-03-11· cited 21×
• In Re the Marriage of Phillips
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1992-10-27· cited 20×
• State Ex Rel. Department of Economic Security v. Ayala
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1996-04-25· cited 17×
• In Re Marriage of Burbridge
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-10-23· cited 17×
• Mascola v. Lusskin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-02-17· cited 15×
• Bendixen v. Bendixen
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-08-07· cited 14×
• Topham-Rapanotti v. Gulli
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1995-03-10· cited 9×
• Bergen County v. Steinhauer
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1996-03-05· cited 8×
• Gisi v. Gisi
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2007-04-11· cited 6×
• Wills v. Jones
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-12-14· cited 6×
• Allen v. Allen
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2003-04-30· cited 5×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ohler v. Ohler
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1985-06-28· cited 75×
• In Matter of Marriage of Edmonds
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1981-08-24· cited 42×
• Heilman v. Heilman
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-03-04· cited 39×
• Foster v. Foster
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-02-14· cited 36×
• Clemans v. Collins
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-03-23· cited 33×
• Cullimore v. Laureto
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1976-01-07· cited 14×