430 Pa. Super. 212 - Van Coutren v. Wells’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 249 Pa. Super. 274 - In Re Custody of Hernandez · 416 Pa. Super. 118 - Gradwell v. Strausser · Greggo v. Wohl · Commonwealth ex rel. Morgan v. Smith · 425 Pa. Super. 155 - Rosado v. Diaz
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he phrase ‘in loco parentis’ refers to a person who puts himselfi/herself] in the situation of assuming the obligation incident to the parental relationship without going through the formality of a legal adoption. The status of ‘in loco parentis’ embodies two ideas: first, the assumption of a parental status, and second, the discharge of parental duties.”
3 later decisions 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.