Commonwealth Ex Rel. Gonzalez v. Andreas

How courts have described this case

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

• Spaeth, J., concurring and stating that \[i]n Young the doctrine of equitable estoppel could be applied without distorting it\
• “[a]bsent any overriding equities in favor of the putative father, such as fraud, the law cannot permit a party to renounce even an assumed duty of parentage when by doing so, the innocent child would be victimized”
• “Absent any overriding equities in favor of the putative father, such as fraud, the law cannot permit a party to renounce even an assumed duty of parentage when by doing so, the innocent child would be victimized”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Michael K.T. v. Tina L.T.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-12-21· cited 167×
• John M. v. Paula T.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-19· cited 141×
• Novelty Knitting Mills, Inc. v. Siskind
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-16· cited 128×
• Straup v. Times Herald
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-08-29· cited 63×
• Seger v. Seger
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-08· cited 60×
• K.E.M. v. P.C.S.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-02-21· cited 59×
• Paul v. Lankenau Hospital
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-24· cited 55×
• B.O. v. C.O.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-26· cited 41×
• Kohler v. Bleem
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-02-06· cited 38×
• Matter of Montenegro
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-17· cited 38×
• Chrzanowski v. Chrzanowski
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-02-17· cited 38×
• R.K.J. v. S.P.K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-26· cited 38×
• Manze v. Manze
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-04-08· cited 37×
• Cavanaugh v. DeBaudiniere
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 1992-06-23· cited 31×
• Sanders v. Sanders
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-03· cited 30×
• DeFrank v. COUNTY OF GREENE
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-11· cited 29×
• H.P.A. v. S.C.A.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-08-09· cited 28×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Coburn v. Coburn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-03· cited 24×
• Hellman v. Hellman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-31· cited 18×
• A.R. v. C.R.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-09· cited 18×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Helvering v. Hallock
  Supreme Court· 1940-01-29· cited 1,200×
• Ayala v. Philadelphia Board of Public Education
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-23· cited 419×
• Blofsen v. CUTAIAR
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 87×
• Northwestern National Bank v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1942-06-29· cited 83×
• Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. v. White Cross Stores, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-03-26· cited 74×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Goldman v. Goldman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-09-14· cited 50×
• In Re Adoption of Young
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-20· cited 46×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Weston v. Weston
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-09-12· cited 46×
• Tustin v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1915-07-03· cited 35×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Nedzwecky v. Nedzwecky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-04-14· cited 34×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hall v. Hall
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-09-11· cited 30×
• Pincus Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-05-25· cited 27×
• GAF CORPORATION v. Amchem Products, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1975-09-09· cited 20×
• Norman v. World Wide Distributors, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-11-13· cited 20×
• Pennsylvania Co. for Banking & Trusts v. Philadelphia
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-11-14· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Poundstone
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-03-19· cited 6×