Torn v. Torn

The question presented in this ease is whether a mother may be obligated to contribute to the support of a child in the custody of the father.

*726After the parties separated an agreement was made wherein the mother had custody and the father paid $110 a month for child support — because the child had emotional problems, with the father’s consent the child has lived with a teacher couple, friend of the parties in a rural area of Pennsylvania. This arrangement continued for about 6 years. The child is now 14 years old. The petitioner father remarried a year ago and felt it would be in the best…