Commonwealth Ex Rel. Schmidt v. Schmidt

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

This appeal poses two questions: (1) whether an adult child attending college is entitled to maintenance expenses as well as her college tuition; and, (2) whether a wife who has established a separate residence is entitled to a $25 a week support order where her net earnings are nearly equal to those of her husband, and where the husband is bearing the care and custody of a minor child.

In June of 1971, appellee left the marital domicile and established her own residence. The parties’ two children remained in the care and custody of the husband-appellant. At some late…