2000 Pa. Super. 314 - Ferdinand v. Ferdinand’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
December 2009
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 400 Pa. Super. 174 - Gruber v. Gruber · 342 Pa. Super. 52 - Pilon v. Pilon · E.A.L. v. L.J.W. · 443 Pa. Super. 573 - Eal v. Ljw · 1999 Pa. Super. 249 - Thomas v. Thomas
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]n relocation cases, the court must balance the parties' interests in light of the best interests of the children by analyzing the specific factors set forth in the Gruber case, as follows: 1. The court must assess the potential advantages of the proposed move and the likelihood that the move would substantially improve the quality of life for the custodial parent and the children and is not a momentary whim on the part of the custodial parent. * * . Next, the court must establish the integrity of the motives of both the custodial and the non-custodial parent in either seeking the move or seeking to prevent it. * * . Finally, the court must consider the availability of realistic, substitute visitation arrangements which will adequately foster an ongoing relationship between the child and the non-custodial parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the policy of this Commonwealth ... that siblings should be raised together whenever possible”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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