Commonwealth Ex Rel. Orlowitz v. Orlowitz

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

On September 29, 1949, the court below, confirming an agreement between the parties and without taking testimony showing the father’s financial status, entered an order requiring him to pay $100 a week for the support of his two minor children. At the time the agreement was made the mother was applying for a divorce which was subsequently granted. Both parties have since remarried. The mother retains custody of the children, aged seven and five.

On June 13, 1952, upon testimony which showed only that the father’s income had decreased, the court entered an order reducing the…