Commonwealth Ex Rel. McVay v. McVay

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

In these proceedings to terminate a support order and vacate a judgment for arrears due thereon, the principal question is the faith and credit to be given to a decree of divorce which was obtained in a Nevada court. We allowed an appeal from the decision of the Superior Court on that question reported in 177 Pa. Superior Ct. 623, 112 A. 2d 649.

The parties were married in Pittsburgh in 1926 and resided there continuously until they separated in 1945. In January, 1946, the wife, Marion C. McYay, obtained in the County Court of Allegheny County a support…