Legal Opinion
Wall v. Wall
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 9, 1987No. 16 W.D. Appeal Docket, 1987PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
Appellee, Deanna Della Vedova Wall, filed a Complaint in Divorce under section 201(d) of the 1980 Divorce Code 1 (“Code”), 23 P.S. § 201(d), seeking a termination of the marital relationship as well as property distribution, alimony, attorney's fees and costs. Appellant, L. Stanley Wall, filed an answer in which he asserted that a marital relationship had never existed between the parties and moved for the dismissal of the complaint. After a full evidentiary hearing on the question as to the existence of a. valid marriage, the court found that a valid common-law…
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