2002 Pa. Super. 233 - Fitzgerald v. Kempf’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
March 2011
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Melzer v. Witsberger · 378 Pa. Super. 474 - Sonder v. Sonder · 452 Pa. Super. 497 - Calabrese v. Calabrese · Claudio v. Dean Machine Co. · Humphreys v. DeRoss
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial court’s determination regarding a child support award will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion. An abuse of discretion occurs if insufficient evidence exists to sustain a support award, if the trial court overrides or misapplies existing law, or if the judgment exercised by the trial court is manifestly unreasonable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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