284 Pa. Super. 139 - Gjf v. Kbf’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 240 Pa. Super. 382 - Gunter v. Gunter · 226 Pa. Super. 229 - Commonwealth ex rel. Grillo v. Shuster · Com. Ex Rel. Myers v. Myers · 268 Pa. Super. 217 - Garrity v. Garrity · 253 Pa. Super. 349 - In Re Leskovich
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he court’s function in custody cases is not to penalize one party for breaching a perceived moral code; rather, it is to determine how the interests of the children will best be served. [Citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the mere fact of a parent's non-marital relationship is insufficient to deny him or her custody of the children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.