Trumpp v. Trumpp
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
HESTER, Judge:
The question raised by this appeal is whether wife-appellant can assert the validity of a separation agreement containing a provision for child support when she had failed to raise such a defense in prior support modification proceedings. The lower court held that she had waived such an argument by failing to demand adherence to the terms of the agreement in previous actions, and reduced husbandappellee’s support obligation below the amount specified in the agreement. We disagree and, for the following reasons, we reverse.
On April 17, 1980, the parties, who were at that time…
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