355 Pa. Super. 589 - Anthony v. Anthony’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently July 2010 · most notably 433 Pa. Super. 316 - Ludmer v. Nernberg (1994), 365 Pa. Super. 409 - Johnson v. Johnson (1988)
41 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 Harper v. Harper · 299 Pa. Super. 64 - Commonwealth v. Sanford · Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers v. Commonwealth, Bureau of Employment Security Department of Labor & Industry · Commonwealth v. Lobiondo · 317 Pa. Super. 497 - Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The length of the marriage. (2) Any prior marriage of either party. (3) The age, health, station, amount and sources of income, vocational skills, employability, estate, liabilities and needs of each of the parties. (4) The contribution by one party to the education, training, or increased earning power of the other party. (5) The opportunity of each party for future acquisitions of capital assets and income. (6) The sources of income of both parties, including but not limited to medical, retirement, insurance or other benefits. (7) The contribution or dissipation of each party in the acquisition, preservation, depreciation or appreciation of the marital property, including the contribution of a party as homemaker. (8) The value of the property set apart to each party. (9) The standard of living of the parties established during the marriage. (10) The economic circumstances of each party at the time the division of property is to become effective.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Pursuant to section 401 of the Divorce Code, marital property includes all property, real or personal, acquired during the parties’ marriage by either spouse, whether titled individually or jointly. 23 P.S. § 401(e)-(f). Thus, the time, rather than the method, of property acquisition determines if an item of property constitutes marital property under the Code. # * * * Sfs * ... [I]f accrued during the period of the parties’ marriage, an appreciation in the value of property belonging to either spouse represents, in and of itself, property acquired during the parties’ marriage, i.e., marital property. See 23 P.S. § 401(e)(1) and (3).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(e) For purposes of this chapter only, “marital property” means all property acquired by either party during the marriage, including the increase in value prior to the date of final separation of any nonmarital property acquired pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3), except: (3) Property acquired by gift, except between spouses; bequest; devise; or descent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.