356 Pa. Super. 118 - Scheafnocker v. Scheafnocker’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently January 2005
12 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 295 Pa. Super. 169 - Hattoum v. Hattoum · 317 Pa. Super. 8 - Tettis v. Boyum · 278 Pa. Super. 446 - Matter of DLS · 261 Pa. Super. 384 - In Re Custody of Sagan · 275 Pa. Super. 294 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Zaubi v. Zaubi
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.
“§ 5344. Jurisdiction (a) General rule. — A court of this Commonwealth which is competent to decide child custody matters has jurisdiction to make a child custody determination by initial or modification decree if: (1) this Commonwealth: (i) is the home state of the child at the time of commencement of the proceeding; or (ii) had been the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the proceeding and the child is absent from this Commonwealth because of his removal or retention by a person claiming his custody or for other reasons, and a parent or person acting as parent continues to live in this Commonwealth. (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; (3) the child is physically present in this Commonwealth and: (i) the child has been abandoned; or (ii) it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because he has been subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse or is otherwise neglected or dependent; (4)(i) it appears that no other state would have jurisdiction under prerequisites substantially in accordance with paragraph (1), (2) or (3), or another state has declined to exerci”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When the courts of more than one state have jurisdiction under sections 3 or 14 [sec. 822.03 and 822.14, Stats.], [19] priority in time determines which court will proceed with the action, but the application of the inconvenient forum principle of section 7 [sec. 822.07, Stats.] may result in the handling of the case by the other court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]t is undisputed that the appellee filed her custody complaint before the appellant's submission of his petition in Texas seeking the same relief. As a result, the Pennsylvania court was not required to decline jurisdiction since in October of 1983 there was no other court which was a more appropriate forum.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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