Smith v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• “Of course, evidence of this non-marital relationship is not sufficient to deny appellee custody of her daughter. No negative effect of that relationship * * * was established * * *.”
• “a successful joint custody arrangement requires only that the parents be able to isolate their personal conflicts from their roles as parents and that the children be spared whatever resentments and rancor the parents may harbor.”
• fact that parents stipulated to shared custody arrangement shows significant ability to cooperate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Yates v. Yates
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-12-31· cited 70×
• Brown v. Eastburn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-19· cited 9×
• Karis v. Karis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-09· cited 4×
• In RE MARRIAGE OF BOHMS v. Bohms
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1987-06-25· cited 2×
• Yates v. Yates
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-03-07
• Senatore v. Senatore
  Pike County Court of Common Pleas· 2000-11-08

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Beck v. Beck
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-07-02· cited 229×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spriggs v. Carson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 224×
• Spells v. Spells
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-06· cited 101×
• Com. Ex Rel. Myers v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 95×
• In Re Wesley J. K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-21· cited 74×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Ulmer v. Ulmer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-11· cited 72×
• In Re Custody of Neal
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-08· cited 59×
• In Re Custody of White
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-09-28· cited 46×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cutler v. Cutler
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-18· cited 45×
• Trefsgar v. Trefsgar
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-03· cited 42×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Berman v. Berman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-24· cited 39×
• Commonwealth ex rel. E. H. T. v. R. E. T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-03· cited 38×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Veihdeffer v. Veihdeffer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-09-22· cited 37×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hickey v. Hickey
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-04-15· cited 34×
• Daniel K. D. v. Jan M. H.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-18· cited 33×
• Robert H. H. v. May L. H.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-02-26· cited 29×
• Shoup v. Shoup
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 27×
• Commonwealth ex rel. Ackerman v. Ackerman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-12-01· cited 27×
• In Re Arnold
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-10· cited 25×
• In Re Custody of Phillips
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-17· cited 21×