Legal Opinion

In re Henderson

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Bedford County

Decided September 9, 1942Published

1Opinion of the Court

Wright, P. J.,

We are confronted in this case with an application for the maintenance and education of a minor child of a father who has been previously declared by this court to be an incompetent. Section 6 of the Act of May 28,1907, P. L. 292, provides that the court appointing a guardian for an incompetent shall have full power to direct an allowance for the support and maintenance of the incompetent’s wife, or his or her children, and for the educa*360tion of his or her minor children. It has been held that such matter is within the sound discretion of the court of common pleas: Parke’s Case,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Fort v. FortSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. Commonwealth v. HendersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Commonwealth of Pa. v. John W. ClearySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
  4. Parke's CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910

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