Wolf v. Wolf

WALLACE MILLER, J„

Pennsylvania’s strong public policy favoring the strict enforcement of child support orders collides in this case with a well-established rule of civil procedure governing priority of distribution as between competing plaintiffs. For the reasons that follow, this court gives a support lien priority over all other competing liens.

Jonathan Wolf is the holder of two bank accounts at the East Stroudsburg Savings Association in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Wolf, who is unable to be located, owes debts to two different individuals, both of whom have liens on the bank accounts at…