Roach v. Roach

CERCONE, Judge:

This is a support case in which the court below denied the appellant-wife’s claim on the ground that she had commit ted adultery. Finding the evidence insufficient to support that conclusion, we reverse.

The record reveals that the parties were married in October of 1961, and cohabited until January of 1980 when appellee-husband left the marital household. On August 31, 1982, appellant petitioned for support and a hearing was held on October 7, 1982. At this first hearing, appellant testified that after appellee left she remained in the home while he paid the bills and gave her…