Legal Opinion

Trumpp v. Trumpp

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 27, 1985No. 01624PublishedCited by 26 opinions

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…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Brown v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Millstein v. MillsteinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Tokach v. TokachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Kleintop v. KleintopSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. VanKirk v. VanKirkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984

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3Cited by26 opinions

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