Commonwealth Ex Rel. Stein v. Stein

*4OPINION

NIX, Justice.

Respondent Barbara Stein, in a proceeding in the Family Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, successfully invoked the provisions of the Act of May 23, 1907, P.L. 227 § 2, as amended 48 P.S. § 132,1 and *5the Act of May 24, 1923, P.L. 446 § 1, 48 P.S. § 1372 to collect support payments owed to her by her husband, petitioner Norman Stein. The statutes in question provide remedies in rem at the behest of the wife or children against the husband for maintenance under certain circumstances and authorize execution process against real property held by the…