Legal Opinion

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hartranft v. Hartranft

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 8, 1979No. 1778PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HESTER, Judge:

Before the court is appellant-mother’s appeal from the order1 of the lower court which directed appellee-father “to pay the sum of $25.00 per week, all in excess of $20.00 per *574week to apply on the arrears towards the support of two (2) children, effective March 13, 1978.” Although somewhat ambiguous, it appears that the lower court’s order for the support of his two children is $20.00 per week.

Appellant contends that “the support order was so shockingly inadequate as to evince a clear abuse of discretion.” (Appellant’s brief, p. 6)

We agree. An order equivalent to $10.00 per week…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Halderman v. HaldermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Levy v. LevySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Commonwealth ex rel. McQuiddy v. McQuiddySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Marvin v. MarvinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Caplan v. CaplanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Remick v. RemickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Scanlon v. ScanlonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Caswell v. CaswellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
  4. Shovlin v. ShovlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Leider v. LeiderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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