298 Pa. Super. 459 - Shank v. Shank’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 state decisions

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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The amount of a child support order is largely within the discretion of the trial judge____ A child support order must be fair, not confiscatory, and must be consistent with the parent’s station in life and customary standard of living, making due allowance for the reasonable living expenses of the parent.” Shank v. Shank, 298 Pa.Superior Ct. 459, 444 A.2d 1274 (1982) (citations omitted).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 375 Pa. Super. 457 - Steenland-Parker v. Parker · 339 Pa. Super. 92 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Loring v. Loring

2. “... in evaluating support orders, our scope of review is limited to ascertaining whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain the order and whether there has been an abuse of discretion by the lower court Berry v. Berry, 278 Pa.Super. 30 , 419 A.2d 1340 (1980); Commonwealth ex rel. Hall v. Hall, 243 Pa.Super. 162 , 364 A.2d 500 (1976). Where the record demonstrates that the lower court has failed to consider all factors relevant to the award of support, we will remand for a full evidentiary hearing. Pawol v. Pawol, 298 Pa.Super. 29 , 437 A.2d 974 (1981).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Agosti v. Agosti

3. “[I]f the second wife [is] gainfully employed and if her earnings or a portion thereof [are] contributing] to the family budget, such facts would be relevant in determining the father’s ability to pay for his minor children.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 353 Pa. Super. 376 - Stredny v. Gray