Schmitz v. Schmitz

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dismissing appellant’s preliminary objections to the appellee’s attempted garnishment of the cash surrender value of life insurance policies owned by appellant.

The facts involved in the instant case are not in dispute. Appellant, Dr. George F. Schmitz, and appellee, Eileen M. Schmitz, were married on July 30,1960. Sixteen years later, marital difficulties precipitated appellee to file a complaint for support in the Family Division of the Court of Common Pleas for herself and the couple’s three…