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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/10/1988

Karis v. Karis

Citations

  • 544 A.2d 1328
  • 518 Pa. 601
  • 1988 Pa. LEXIS 204

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a petition for modification of a custody order \requires the court to inquire into the best interest of the child regardless of whether a `substantial' change in circumstances has been shown.\
  • holding that a peti tion for modification of a custody order “requires the court to inquire into the best interest of the child regardless of whether a ‘substantial’ change in circumstances has been shown.”
  • holding that a peti tion for modification of a custody order “requires the court to inquire into the best interest of the child regardless of whether a ‘substantial’ change in circumstances has been shown.”
  • holding \a petition for modification of a partial custody to shared custody order requires the court to inquire into the best interest of the child regardless of whether a 'substantial' change of circumstances has been shown\
  • eliminating the requirement that a petition for modification of an existing court order must allege a substantial change of circumstance
  • stating, “[b]ecause we cannot undo the past we must be more careful of the present, all to soon in the life of a child, to be the past”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos

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

Cites

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