2004 Pa. Super. 57 - Arnold v. Arnold’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably In Re SH (2005), 2011 Pa. Super. 263 - J.R.M. v. J.E.A. (2011)
37 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 400 Pa. Super. 174 - Gruber v. Gruber · Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal · 425 Pa. Super. 450 - Sawko v. Sawko · 411 Pa. Super. 286 - Andrews v. Andrews · Robinson v. Robinson
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) 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 the result of a momentary whim on the part of the custodial parent; (2) the integrity of the motives of both the custodial and noncustodial parent in either seeking the move or seeking to prevent it; [and] (3) the availability of realistic, substitute visitation arrangements which will adequately foster an ongoing relationship between the child and the non-custodial parent.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“' It is settled law in'Pennsylvania that a custody order is subject to modification without proof of substantial change in circumstances when it is shown that change is in' the best interests of the child. Whenever a court is called upon to address the best interests of a child, traditional burdens or presumptions such as substantial change in circumstances, the fitness of one parent over another, or the tender years doctrine must all give way to the paramount concern; the best interests of the child. In determining best interests of the child, a court must consider all factors that legitimately affect the child’s physical, intellectual, moral and spiritual well-being.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“in an impartial manner, free of personal bias or interest in the outcome.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.