Sams v. Sams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding child support agreement failed as a matter of public policy because a parent cannot bargain away his or her children’s right to support
• indicating a party ratifies a contract by accepting benefits, remaining silent, or acquiescing when party has an opportunity to void the contract
• “Pennsylvania law permits support orders and private agreements for support to coexist and be enforced separately”
• “[T]he agreement [is] invalid on public policy grounds, because Mother had no power to bargain away her children’s right to support by reducing Father’s obligation from $3,400/month support to $1,000/month.”
• “[T]he agreement [is] invalid on public policy grounds, because Mother had no power to bargain away her children’s right to support by reducing Father’s obligation from $3,400/month support to $1,000/month.”
• “[T]he agreement [is] invalid on public policy grounds, because Mother had no power to bargain away her children’s right to support by reducing Father’s obligation from $3,400/month support to $1,000/month.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Weavertown Transport Leasing, Inc. v. Moran
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-10-15· cited 57×
• Lewis, W. v. Lewis, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-06-12· cited 37×
• Adams v. Adams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-04-22· cited 28×
• Allen v. Holiday Universal
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-03-18· cited 27×
• J.F. v. D.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-04-21· cited 25×
• Huss, A. v. Weaver, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-02-05· cited 12×
• Ferguson v. McKiernan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-07-22· cited 6×
• Romero v. Allstate Insurance
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-11-12· cited 2×
• MBB Realty Ltd. Partnership v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (In re Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.)
  S.D. New York· 2014-03-31· cited 2×
• J.F. v. D.B.
  Erie County Court Common Pleas· 2004-04-02· cited 1×
• Jf v. Db
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-04-21
• Huss, A. v. Weaver, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-21
• Groff, M. v. Groff, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-24
• Kepley v. Kepley
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-03-18

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McMahon v. McMahon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-24· cited 99×
• Laudig v. Laudig
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-04-28· cited 52×
• Nicholson v. Combs
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-14· cited 51×
• McMahon v. Shea
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-14· cited 44×
• National Auto Brokers Corp. v. Aleeda Development Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-09-27· cited 37×
• Kesler v. Weniger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-07· cited 24×
• Miesen v. Frank
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-06· cited 20×
• Wagner v. Estate of Rummel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-02-20· cited 19×