Commonwealth ex rel. Yeats v. Yeats

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

This is an appeal by a father from an order directing him to pay $35 per week for the support of his minor child under the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §733, 18 P. S. §4733.

Catherine Yeats, relator, obtained a divorce from appellant on November 5, 1942. In June 1950 she instituted these proceedings for the support of their minor daughter, Nellie, now thirteen years of age. At the time of divorce mother and father entered into a written agreement whereby the child was to remain with the mother who agreed to maintain, clothe and educate her but that the child’s best…