Legal Opinion

In Interest of Miller

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 2, 1982No. 949PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order declaring appellant’s common law marriage invalid and adjudging her a dependent child. We reverse.

At the time the events in question occurred, appellant was fourteen years old and a student in the eighth-grade. She lived with her mother in Erie. Her English teacher was one Edward Christoph, who was thirty-six years old. Early in the fall of 1980, appellant and Mr. Christoph became romantically involved. Sometime in October of 1980, appellant’s mother found two letters from Mr. Christoph to appellant; they were affectionate in nature, saying “I…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Frowen v. BlankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Buradus v. General Cement Products Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  3. Buradus v. General Cement Products Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  4. Commonwealth v. SullivanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  5. Hankin v. HankinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Z & L LUMBER OF ATLASBURG v. NordquistSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Kapres v. HellerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  3. American Nuclear Insurers v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Stackhouse v. StackhouseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Hatchard v. Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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