2001 Pa. Super. 23 - Barnard v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The presumption that a child born during the marriage is a child of the husband is always the starting point in a contest involving the parentage of a child born during coverture. Moreover, the strength of the presumption that a child born to a married woman is a child of the marriage is grounded in the Commonwealth’s interest in protecting the family unit. Although the presumption may be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence of husband’s non-access, impotency, or sterility, the presumption is irrebutable where mother, child, and husband live together as an intact family and husband assumes parental responsibility for the child.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. T.L.F. v. D.W.T. · 2002 Pa. Super. 92 - Tlf v. Dwt

2. “[T]he policy underlying the presumption of paternity is the preservation of marriages. The presumption only applies in cases where that policy would be advanced by the application; otherwise it does not apply.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 Pa. Super. 92 - Tlf v. Dwt