Desch v. Desch

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

This appeal is from an order entered in a divorce proceeding, converting a preexisting spousal support order into an order of alimony pendente lite. Appellant contends that he was improperly denied an opportunity to contest the entry of this converted order.

The parties to this appeal have lived separate and apart since 1962. A 1963 support order, as last amended in 1972, required appellant to pay his wife, appellee, spousal support in the amount of $65.00 per month. On October 27, 1980, the lower court granted appellant a unilateral, section 201(d) divorce a.v.m., but…