Shoup v. Shoup

How courts have described this case

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

• child’s preference not controlling but a factor to be considered along with child’s maturity and intelligence
• ten-year-old child not considered mature enough to have preference carry much weight

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Wesley J. K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-21· cited 74×
• In Re Custody of Frank
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-12-19· cited 58×
• Morris v. Morris
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-05· cited 55×
• In Re Custody of White
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-28· cited 46×
• Constant A. v. Paul C.A.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-14· cited 40×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Berman v. Berman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-24· cited 39×
• In Re Custody of Temos
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-10· cited 39×
• Hugo v. Hugo
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-06-12· cited 35×
• Palmer v. Tokarek
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-18· cited 27×
• In Re Arnold
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-10· cited 25×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Grimes v. Grimes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-03· cited 25×
• Hooks v. Ellerbe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 24×
• K.L.H. v. G.D.H.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-26· cited 22×
• In Re Davis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-16· cited 18×
• Wenger v. Wenger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-06-15· cited 14×
• Parks v. Parks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-02-13· cited 12×
• Wrecsics v. Broughton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-03-06· cited 9×
• Smith v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-10· cited 8×
• Zaubi v. Hoejme
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1980-11-17· cited 2×
• Klh v. Gdh
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-26

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spriggs v. Carson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 224×
• Gunter v. Gunter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-29· cited 166×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Grillo v. Shuster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-16· cited 142×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Holschuh v. Holland-Moritz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-30· cited 119×
• Spells v. Spells
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 101×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Parikh v. Parikh
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 99×
• Com. Ex Rel. Myers v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 95×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Ulmer v. Ulmer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-11· cited 72×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Graham v. Graham
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-05-23· cited 69×
• Tobias v. Tobias
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 67×
• In Re Custody of Myers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-09-27· cited 60×
• Tomlinson v. Tomlinson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 53×
• Davidyan v. Davidyan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-17· cited 48×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bowser v. Bowser
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-27· cited 37×
• Cochran Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-11-25· cited 35×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Rainford v. Cirillo
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-16· cited 34×
• Carlisle Appeal
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 22×
• Sweeney v. Sweeney
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-28· cited 19×
• Williams v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-16· cited 17×
• Jones v. Kniess
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 14×