376 Pa. Super. 76 - Funk v. Funk’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently April 2013 · most notably 392 Pa. Super. 240 - Lesko v. Lesko (1990), 385 Pa. Super. 126 - Rock v. Rock (1989)
37 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 Commonwealth v. Clark · Melzer v. Witsberger · Conway v. Dana · 366 Pa. Super. 19 - DeMasi v. DeMasi · 365 Pa. Super. 280 - DeWalt v. DeWalt
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We recognize that the child rearing expenses in a shared custody setting vary from those in a sole custody setting, and, consequently, the formula for shared custody support determinations will not be identical to that envisioned in Melzer .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The central issue in a support adjudication is the “children’s reasonable living expenses,” and the lower court’s determination of the children’s living expenses does not appear on the record. Clearly, the lower court cannot fully protect the best interest of the children without first determining the reasonable needs. Further, the lower court failed to calculate on-the-record the appellant’s reasonable living expenses which is also of primary importance in a child support proceeding. We find that the lower court abused its discretion when it failed to follow the mandate of Melzer, supra, and inadequately explained on-the-record the reasons for its decision. Moreover, in Ryan [v. DeLong, 371 Pa.Super. 248, 254 , 538 A.2d 1, 4 (1987) ], and Marshall [v. Ross, 373 Pa.Super. 235 , 540 A.2d 954 (1988) ], we expressly stated that: “To insure that an actual dollar figure is determined as to the reasonable needs and expenses of the parents and children, the calculated Melzer formula must be in the record”.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In determining the ... ability of the obligor to provide support, the guideline shall place primary emphasis on the net incomes and earning capacities of the parties, with allowable deviations for unusual needs, extraordinary expenses and other factors, such as the parties' assets, as warrant special attention.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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