Commonwealth Ex Rel. Schulberg v. Hirsch

Opinion by

Price, J.,

This is an appeal from an order refusing to suspend the support obligation of appellant, Zola Hirsch, toward his twenty-one-year-old son, Gary.

The facts reveal that the parties to the action were formerly husband and wife, parents of Gary and an older daughter. 1 Gary became 21 on April 24, 1974. On July 19, 1974, appellant filed a rule to show cause why his support obligation should not be suspended. An ex parte hearing was held before Judge Finkelhor on July 81, 1974, at which, on the advice of a Family Division Counselor that such a suspension was “routine,” appellant…