401 Pa. Super. 271 - Lyons v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Berrington v. Berrington (1993), 410 Pa. Super. 146 - Murphy v. Murphy (1991)
2 federal appellate · 39 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 363 Pa. Super. 534 - Greene v. Oliver Realty, Inc. · 378 Pa. Super. 474 - Sonder v. Sonder · 339 Pa. Super. 185 - Braderman v. Braderman · Burns Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Boehm · 332 Pa. Super. 526 - King v. King
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]ur scope of review in equitable distribution matters is limited. It is well established that absent an abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court, we will not reverse an award of equitable distribution. [In addition,] [w]hen reviewing the record of the proceedings, we are guided by the fact that trial courts have broad equitable powers to effectuate [economic] justice and we will find an abuse of discretion only if the trial court misapplied the law or failed to follow proper legal procedures. [Further,] [t]he finder of fact is entitled to weigh the evidence presented and assess its credibility. The fact finder is free to believe all, part, or none of the evidence and the Superior Court will not disturb the credibility determinations of the court below.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We have recognized that neither distribution scheme will be appropriate to all cases. Rather, the trial court must balance the advantages and disadvantages of each method according to the facts of the case before it in order to determine which method would best effectuate economic justice between the parties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“an actual present distribution of [non-pension-holding spouse's] share of the pension”
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.