Gantz v. Gantz

TAMILIA, Judge:

This is an appeal from a final Decree in Divorce, entered September 26, 1983, in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County. We are here presented with an issue of first impression under the 1980 Divorce Code 23 P.S. § 101 et seq.

Appellant, Lillie Gantz, was the named defendant in a divorce action filed April 13, 1981 in Delaware County under § 201(c) 1 of the Divorce Code. No issues other than dissolution of the marriage were joined. Appellee filed his plaintiff’s affidavit under § 201(d) 2 on August 18, 1983. Appellant, without denying the averments of a three year…