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7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 42 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Rosenberg v. Rosenberg.

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1 Rosenberg v. Rosenberg Anchor
pa · 1986
green “a custody award should not be used to reward or punish a parent for good or bad behavior” 7
2 Everett v. Parker
pasuperct · 2005
green “formal notice and an opportunity to be heard are fundamental components of due process when a person may be deprived in a legal proceeding of a liberty interest, such as physical freedom, or a parent's custody of her child.” 7
3 Choplosky v. Choplosky
pa · 1990
green “without a motion to modify visitation rights before it, a trial court may not permanently alter the visitation rights of the parties,” 6
4 Hopkins v. Byes
pasuperct · 2008
green “to be in contempt, a party must have violated a court order, and the complaining party must satisfy that burden by a preponderance of the evidence.” 6
5 Clapper v. Harvey
pasuperct · 1998
green “a mother's violation of a custody order may be an appropriate foundation for a finding of contempt, but it cannot be the basis for an award of custody” 6
6 Everett v. Parker
pasuperct · 2005
green “when modification of custody is sought by a custody contempt petitioner, the respondent must be given particular notice of that objective.” 6
7 P.H.D. v. R.R.D.
pasuperct · 2012
green “the complainant must prove certain distinct elements: (1) that the eontemnor had notice of the specific order or decree which he is alleged to have disobeyed; (2) that the act constituting the contemnor's violation was volitional; and (3) that the eontemnor acted with wrongful i…” 4

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