246 Pa. Super. 503 - Silverstein v. Silverstein’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People of State of New York Halvey v. Halvey · Sistare v. Sistare · Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · Matilda Von Ellert Sistare v. Horace Randall Sistare · Roche v. McDonald
Most-quoted passages
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““a foreign decree for the support of children, to be entitled to recognition and enforcement in another state, must be a final judgment for a fixed sum, and if under the law of the foreign state such order is subject to modification at the discretion of the court, the order is not a final judgment which may be enforced in Pennsylvania. However, with regard to support payments already accrued, a foreign divorce decree providing for child support payment by the divorced husband is a final foreign judgment entitled to enforcement in Pennsylvania.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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