Commonwealth ex rel. Ostroff v. Newmark

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

Rose Snyder Newmark is the wife of the defendant and the ward of relator Benjamin Ostroff, his appointment as her guardian having been made by order of court dated March 26, 1962, which order declared her to be an incompetent. The proceeding through which she was so declared was instituted by the Philadelphia State Hospital in which she had been a patient since J anuary 29, 1962.

Previously, in 1959, Mrs. Newmark had secured an order of court awarding her $80 per week from her husband. At that time his gross weekly salary was $178 and his weekly take home pay $146.13.…