351 Pa. Super. 393 - In Re Constance W.’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 2003
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spriggs v. Carson · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Robinson v. Robinson · Com. Ex Rel. Myers v. Myers · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Pierce v. Pierce
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“t has long been against our public policy to limit or destroy the relationship between parent and child.... Every parent has the right to develop a good relationship with the child, and every child has the right to develop a good relationship with both parents.”
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.