Legal Opinion

Shovlin v. Shovlin

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 9, 1983No. 2409PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROSKY, Judge:

This appeal is from an order increasing the amount of support to be paid to appellant by appellee. Appellant raises three properly preserved issues. First, she states that the increase should have been made retroactive to the date of the filing of the complaint seeking an increase. Second, she contends that appellee should not have been given credit, to be applied to the new support obligation, for payments made in excess of the old support order. Third, appellant argues that the amount of the increase was insufficient. We agree with appellant’s first point and reverse as to it.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bishop v. BishopSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Hartranft v. HartranftSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. McGavic v. McGavicSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Kinsey v. KinseySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Christianson v. ElySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  2. Barner v. BarnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  3. Fortune/Forsythe v. FortuneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. McAuliffe v. McAuliffeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  5. Gerland v. GerlandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1997

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