DeMatteis v. DeMatteis

I concur in the Opinion by the majority to the point where it would hold that the trial court had the authority to exercise jurisdiction in enforcing the agreement in this case which was entered into prior to the amendment to the Divorce Code, 23 P.S. § 401.1(c). Sonder v. Sonder, 378 Pa.Super. 474, 549 A.2d 155 (1988), en banc, as acknowledged by the majority, required that this agreement be enforced as a contract but it then goes on to conclude, unnecessarily, for the purpose of the result, that section 401.1 may be retroactively applied to an agreement entered into prior to the amendments…