Com. Ex Rel. Wheeler v. Wheeler

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

The facts in this case, which are not in dispute, are as follows: Appellant and appellee were husband and wife and were divorced in April of 1960. The parties to this action had a son, Mark Rutherford Wheeler, who was born on June 16, 1959. From about 1961 through 1974 appellant contributed the sum of $65.00 monthly for the support of his child. In December, 1974, appellee filed a petition for support in Dauphin County under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (1968), (62 P.S. § 2043.1 et seq., as amended.) At that time appellant was a Lieutenant Commander in…