Sargent v. Sargent

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

In this appeal, we must decide whether the lower court erred in finding a Mexican divorce decree devoid of extraterritorial effect and adjudging appellant liable for the support of the wife-appellee in the amount of twenty dollars a month.

Loretta O. Sargent, the appellee, filed the instant action in support for herself and two children on March 2, 1972, in the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas. A full hearing was held before the Honorable Michael Y. Franciosa on July 10, 1972. The following facts were adduced at this hearing:

Appellant and appellee were married on…