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· 4/28/1986

Fortune/Forsythe v. Fortune

Citations

  • 508 A.2d 1205
  • 352 Pa. Super. 547
  • 1986 Pa. Super. LEXIS 10440

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the amended petition for reconsideration was actually a petition for modification and thus finding it proper to look beyond the title of the amended petition and consider its contents in order to characterize it
  • holding that the amended petition for reconsideration was actually a petition for modification and thus finding it proper to look beyond the title of the amended petition and consider its contents in order to characterize it
  • stating that a “trial court's refusal to reconsider [an] order is not final and reviewable”
  • the substance rather than the form of a motion is controlling in determining procedural issues
  • where it was determined that court had entered an order on a petition for modification of support alleging a change in financial conditions, which was final and appeal- able, rather than on a petition for reconsideration

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Judges: Brosky, McEwen, Hester

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