263 Pa. Super. 97 - Rummel v. Rummel’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 249 Pa. Super. 274 - In Re Custody of Hernandez · 248 Pa. Super. 41 - McGowan v. McGowan · 259 Pa. Super. 395 - Valentino v. Valentino · Wood v. TUCKER · 248 Pa. Super. 155 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lee v. Lee
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In all cases of dispute between the father and mother of [a] minor child, as to which parent shall be entitled to its custody or services, the judges of the courts shall decide, in their sound discretion, as to which parent, if either, the custody of such minor child shall be committed and shall remand such child accordingly, regard first being had to the fitness of such parent and the best interest and permanent welfare of said child. ... In deciding what is in the best interest of the child, the court may not resort to presumption or otherwise shift the burden of proof; rather, the burden of proof is shared equally by both parents, and the court must award custody as the evidence dictates.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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