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Commonwealth Ex Rel. Decker v. Decker

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 17, 1964No. Appeal, 353PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

This is an appeal from an order modifying a support order. The support order should not have been entered in the first place. When the original order was made, the parties involved, Mr. and Mrs. Decker, were living together under the same roof and eating at the same table. Indeed, the court directed Mr. Decker to pay Mrs. Decker to buy the food to feed Mr. Decker. Both parties were working and jointly owned the house in which they lived. Courts have no right to put their fingers into the family pocketbook and divide the family income. Commonwealth v. George, 358 Pa.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ulmer v. SommervilleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Gutzeit v. GutzeitSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  3. Keller v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
  4. Commonwealth v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Yeats v. YeatsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Com. Ex Rel. Kaplan v. KaplanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Larsen v. LarsenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Colantoni v. ColantoniSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hanerkam v. HanerkamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Glenn v. GlennSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966

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