Commonwealth Ex Rel. Brown v. Hendrick

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas, Family Division, of Philadelphia County denying Benjamin Brown, the appellant-relator, a hearing on a Petition for a Habeas Corpus.

The appellant was married to the relatrix on April 3, 1967, and they are the parents of two minor children born on April 26, 1968, and June 30, 1969, respectively.

The initial Petition for Support was brought under The Civil Procedural Support Law, 1953, July 13, P. L. 431, 62 P.S. §2043.31, on June 5, 1970. After hearing, an order of Forty-Two Dollars ($42.00) per month for the…