Legal Opinion

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cox v. Cox

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 12, 1978No. 2012PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JACOBS, President Judge:

This appeal arises from the lower court’s order denying appellant’s habeas corpus petition for custody of his four minor children and permitting custody to remain with the children’s mother. Appellant contends that the best interests of the children require transfer of their custody to him. Because we are unable to exercise our appellate function on the present state of the record, we vacate the order of the lower court and remand for further proceedings.

Appellant and appellee were married August 18, 1966. The children of this marriage were born in 1967, 1969, 1971 and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Spriggs v. CarsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  2. Gunter v. GunterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth ex rel. Ulmer v. UlmerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. McGowan v. McGowanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Gervasio v. GervasioSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Moore v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  2. Lewis v. LewisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. In Re Custody of FrankSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. In Re DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Pamela J. K. v. Roger D. J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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