Legal Opinion

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stump v. Church

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 21, 1984No. 03314PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROSKY, Judge:

The issue presented to us in this appeal is whether the father of an eighteen year old high school graduate has a duty to provide his son with support so as to enable him to attend a private preparatory school on a post-graduate basis.

The parties were married in November, 1962. Two children were born of the marriage: Peter James in October, 1963 and Robert Frederick in June, 1965. Mrs. Stump and Mr. Church were separated in 1970 and entered into an agreement which provided that appellee Mr. Church would pay $120.00 per week for the support of his sons.

The agreement was made part…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Melzer v. WitsbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ulmer v. SommervilleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Halderman v. HaldermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Levy v. LevySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Straub v. TyahlaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. DeWalt v. DeWaltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Griffin v. GriffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  3. Shutter v. ReillySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  4. Ryan v. DeLongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Milne v. MilneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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