295 Pa. Super. 169 - Hattoum v. Hattoum’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
71 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions — most recently February 2001 · most notably 155 Cal. App. 3d 1008 - Plas v. Superior Court (1984), Brown v. Brown (1985)
71 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 278 Pa. Super. 446 - Matter of DLS · 235 Pa. Super. 447 - Commonwealth ex rel. Veihdeffer v. Veihdeffer · 174 Pa. Super. 292 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Heller v. Yellin
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(2) it is in the best interest of the child that a court of this Commonwealth assume jurisdiction because: (i) the child and his parents, or the child and at least one contestant, have a significant connection with this Commonwealth; and (ii) there is available in this Commonwealth substantial evidence concerning the present or future care, protection, training, and personal relationships of the child;”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) General rule. — A court which has jurisdiction under this subchapter to make an initial or modification decree may decline to exercise its jurisdiction any time before making a decree if it finds that it is an inconvenient forum to make a custody determination under the circumstances of the case and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum. (b) Moving party. — A finding of inconvenient forum may be made upon the court’s own motion or upon motion of a party or a guardian ad litem or other representative of the child. (c) Factors to be considered. — In determining if it is an inconvenient forum, the court shall consider if it is in the interest of the child that another state assume jurisdic tion. For this purpose it may take into account the following factors, among others: (1) If another state is or recently was the home state of the child. (2) If another state has a closer connection with the child and his family or with the child and one or more of the contestants. (3) If substantial evidence concerning the present or future care, protection, training, and personal relationships of the child is more readily available in another state. (4) If the parties have agreed on another forum which is no less appropriate. (5) If the exercise of jurisdiction by a court of this Commonwealth would contravene any of the purposes stated in section 5342 (relating to purposes and construction of sub-chapter). (emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Act has three major bases for jurisdiction: § 5344(a)(1) provides for “home” jurisdiction; § 5344(a)(2) provides for jurisdiction based on “significant contacts” among the various parties to the custody action and the locale in which the action has been brought; § 5344(a)(3) provides for “parens patriae” jurisdiction for emergency situations in which a child is abandoned, abused or dependent.”
2 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.