Christianson v. Ely

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• paternity not relevant fact in child support action against putative father where mother estopped from denying her husband’s paternity
• in action for child support from putative biological father, paternity not a relevant fact for purpose of obtaining blood tests if mother estopped from denying husband’s paternity because he had consented to paternity by holding child out as his own and/or providing financial support

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Christianson v. Ely
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-17· cited 285×
• Jones v. Trojak
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-23· cited 100×
• K.E.M. v. P.C.S.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-21· cited 59×
• Kohler v. Bleem
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-06· cited 38×
• Beltran v. Piersody
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-06· cited 35×
• McCue v. McCue
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-10· cited 28×
• In Re Estate of Greenwood
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-11· cited 23×
• Jones v. Trojak
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-29· cited 23×
• Sekol v. Delsantro
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-11-21· cited 22×
• Donnelly v. Lindenmuth
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-21· cited 20×
• RUTH F. v. Robert B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-06· cited 17×
• C.T.D. v. N.E.E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-09· cited 16×
• Zadori v. Zadori
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-05-31· cited 12×
• Paulshock v. Bonomo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-13· cited 12×
• Selm v. Elliott
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-28· cited 9×
• Rodriguez v. Rodriguez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-12· cited 8×
• Abalos v. Pino
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1993-07-22· cited 7×
• P.C.S. v. J.E.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-08· cited 3×
• CTD v. Nee
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-09
• Metzger v. Day
  Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas· 1993-01-25

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Michael H. v. Gerald D.
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 719×
• Seger v. Seger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-08· cited 60×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. O'Brien v. O'Brien
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-11-18· cited 54×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Goldman v. Goldman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-09-14· cited 50×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Weston v. Weston
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-09-12· cited 46×
• Matter of Montenegro
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-17· cited 38×
• McGarrity v. Mengel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-05-15· cited 33×
• John M. v. Paula T.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-18· cited 11×
• Parenti v. Parenti
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-02-15· cited 10×