Com. Ex Rel. Kaplan v. Kaplan

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County reducing a support order for appellant-wife and one minor child from $120 per week to $65.00 per week. The initial support order was entered upon agreement of the parties based on appellee-husband’s 1969 Federal W-2 Form. Three months after the entry of the initial order, appellee petitioned for modification on the ground that his earnings for 1970 had been substantially reduced.

At the hearing, appellee testified that he, his mother and a brother are the only stockholders, directors and…