347 Pa. Super. 515 - Cheng v. Cheng’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently June 2009 · most notably 370 Pa. Super. 497 - Clay v. Advanced Computer Applications, Inc. (1988), Wagner v. Wagner (2001)
25 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 Estin v. Estin · Lascaris v. Shirley · Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt · T. C. R. Realty, Inc. v. Cox · Krenzelak v. Krenzelak
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 301 Jurisdiction (a) The courts of this Commonwealth as defined in section 104 shall have original jurisdiction in cases of divorce and ... where they have jurisdiction, shall determine in conjunction with any decree granting a divorce ... the following matters, where raised in the complaint or the answer and issue appropriate decrees or orders with reference thereto and may retain continuing jurisdiction thereof: (1) The determination and disposition of property rights and interests between spouses____ § 401 Decree of court (c) In all matrimonial causes, the court shall have full equity power and jurisdiction and may issue injunctions or other orders which are necessary to protect the interests of the parties or to effectuate the purposes of this act, and may grant such other relief or remedy as equity and justice require against either party____”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“§ 505 Alimony where a foreign ex parte divorce or annulment Whenever a person who was a resident of this Commonwealth at the time such person was a defendant or respondent in a foreign ex parte action for annulment or divorce petitions a court of this Commonwealth for alimony and establishes the need therefor, such court, if it has jurisdiction over the person or property of the other party, may order that such alimony be paid in the same manner and under the same conditions and limitations which pertain when alimony is sought as provided in this chapter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(a) (1) Make the law for legal dissolution of marriage effective for dealing with the realities of matrimonial experience. (4) Mitigate the harm to spouses ... caused by the legal dissolution of the marriage. (6) Effectuate economic justice between parties who are divorced ... and insure a fair and just determination and settlement of their property rights. (b) The objectives set forth in subsection (a) shall be considered in construing the provisions of this act and shall be regarded as expressing the legislative intent.”
1 later decision 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.