Commonwealth Ex Rel. Maier v. Maier

HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends that the lower court abused its discretion in entering a support order because (1) the court failed to properly determine appellant’s earning capacity and granted support in an amount in excess of one-third of his earning capacity; and (2) the portion of the order requiring appellant to pay appellee’s reasonable medical bills and commuting expenses is too indefinite to enforce. For the reasons which follow, we vacate the lower court’s order and remand the case.

The parties were married in 1947 and separated in 1975. Thereafter, appellee instituted an action to…