Commonwealth Ex Rel. Levy v. Levy

Opinion by

Price, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying the appellant’s petition for an increase in support for herself and her seven children. We find that the lower court abused its discretion in entering such an order. We therefore vacate the order below and remand this case to the lower court with instructions to increase the existing support award in a manner consistent with this opinion.

On September 18, 1973, the lower court ordered the appellee, Dr. Walter Levy, to provide $400 per week, or $20,800 annually, for the support of the…