Nicholson v. Combs
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEWMAN, Justice.
The issue raised in this case is whether the child support provisions of a property settlement agreement executed prior to the February 1988 amendments to the Divorce Code, 23 Pa.C.S. §§ 3101 et seq., and incorporated into but not merged with a divorce decree, may be modified downward. 1
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Gary Combs (Husband) and Catherine Nicholson (Wife) were married on July 12, 1975, and are the parents of two minor children, Stephanie and Jamie. Wife filed for divorce in April of 1987, and the parties executed a property settlement agreement on December…
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