Legal Opinion

Commonwealth ex rel. Lonesome v. Johnson

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 11, 1974No. Appeal, No. 681PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

This is an appeal from a lower court order requiring the appellant to pay weekly support for Judith Lonesome’s two children, Lavance and Latía. Appellant *337contends that because petitioner admitted to relations with other men, she is incompetent to testify as to appellant’s paternity of the children. We find that the evidence supports a finding of paternity and therefore affirm the court below.

Judith Lonesome initiated proceedings in this case by filing a petition for support of her two children, Lavance, born May 30, 1970, and Latia, born October 26, 1971, naming appellant…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. YoungSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
  2. Commonwealth v. JacobsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  3. Commonwealth v. RexSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  4. Commonwealth v. HarbaughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  5. Commonwealth v. RankinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1973

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Tyler v. KingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Corra v. CollSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Butler v. DeLucaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Yentzer v. CarpenterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. McConnell v. SchmidtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975

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