Madden v. Madden

BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal is from an order quashing a supersedeas of an alimony pendente lite obligation. Appellant contends that Pa.R.A.P. 1731 mandates that a supersedeas be allowed on the posting of bond. For the reasons stated in Groner v. Groner, 328 Pa.Super. 191, 476 A.2d 957 (1984), we disagree and, accordingly, affirm.

In Groner, this Court was moved to address, sua sponte, our disfavor with the allowance of a supersedeas, pending appeal, of a support action.1

Indeed, it shocks the conscience to contemplate the injustice worked upon the erstwhile recipients of the superseded support…