Legal Opinion

Sellers v. Sellers

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 18, 1981No. 132PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHERTZ, Judge:

Appellant, Karen Lee Sellers, filed a petition with the lower court in which she sought to be relieved of the costs of an action in divorce pursuant to Rule 1137, Pa.R.Civ.P. 1 The lower court issued an Order, granting in part and denying in part, the request to proceed in forma pauperis. 2 From that Order Appellant took the instant appeal in which she asserts the lower court abused its discretion in its failure to relieve her fully of the divorce costs. We agree with this assertion.

The facts of this case may be briefly summarized. 3 Appellant, who is the mother of two minor…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Schoepple v. SchoeppleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Tomashefski v. TomashefskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Nicholson v. NicholsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Moskol v. MoskolSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. Howell v. HowellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Grant v. BlaineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  2. Crosby Square Apartments v. HensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Commonwealth v. Bonnor, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1982

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