Estep v. Estep

How courts have described this case

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

• where Superior Court considers an issue sua sponte, it exceeds its scope of appellate review
• where Superior Court considers an issue sua sponte, it exceeds its scope of appellate review
• property acquired prior to marriage is not marital property and not subject to equitable distribution; trial court erred in equitably dividing property acquired by husband during cohabitation with wife prior to marriage
• Superior Court’s scope of appellate review is exceeded when issue is considered sua sponte

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Consumer Party of Pennsylvania v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-27· cited 249×
• Commonwealth v. Rhodes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-06· cited 230×
• Commonwealth v. McMullen
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-18· cited 96×
• Leister v. Leister
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-10-28· cited 47×
• Barner v. Barner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-01· cited 29×
• Hammerstein v. Lindsay
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-14· cited 28×
• Bold v. Bold
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-09· cited 22×
• Gruver v. Gruver
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-03-21· cited 22×
• Chestnut v. Chestnut
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1986-11-12· cited 21×
• Smith v. King's Grant Condominium
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-02· cited 20×
• Williams v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-04-15· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Peterfield
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-14· cited 16×
• Marinello v. Marinello
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-09· cited 13×
• Hyde v. Hyde
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-06· cited 13×
• Smith v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-17· cited 12×
• Treu v. Harleysville Insurance
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-25· cited 5×
• Franek v. Sun Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-02· cited 2×
• American States Insurance v. Estate of Braheem
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-23· cited 1×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wiegand v. Wiegand
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 274×
• Thornburgh v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 31×
• Estep v. Estep
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-01· cited 21×
• Chwatek v. Parks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-17· cited 10×