400 Pa. Super. 352 - Caplan v. Caplan’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
August 2008
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Melzer v. Witsberger · 384 Pa. Super. 188 - Griffin v. Griffin · 376 Pa. Super. 76 - Funk v. Funk · 392 Pa. Super. 240 - Lesko v. Lesko · 373 Pa. Super. 1 - Akers v. Akers
Most-quoted passages
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“A trial court has broad discretion concerning support payments and we will not reverse its decision unless there is insufficient evidence to sustain it or the trial court abused its discretion in fashioning the award. More than mere error of judgment is required, discretion is abused only if the law is overridden or misapplied or if the judgment exercised is manifestly unreasonable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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