Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Mexal
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 12, 1963No. Appeal, 179PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Woodside, J.,
This is an appeal from an order of the County Court of Philadelphia entered against the father for the support of his four children.
The parents of the children were married in Texas in 1946 and moved to Philadelphia in 1955. The children are ages 15, 14, 12 and 9. In 1962 the wife left the common domicile in Philadelphia and took the four children with her to New Mexico, where she instituted an action under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Law, a part of the statutory laws of both New Mexico and Pennsylvania, alleging cruelty by her husband and asking for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Firestone v. FirestoneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Commonwealth v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
- Mallinger v. MallingerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Com. of Pa. Ex Rel. Sanders v. SandersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bucciarelli v. BucciarelliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Kramer v. KellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Vecellio v. VecellioDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Byrne v. ByrneSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Crane v. RosenbergerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Valley v. SelfridgeCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1982
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