Legal Opinion

Sargent v. Sargent

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 21, 1999PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLally-Green, J.

¶ 1 Appellant, Walter F. Sargent III, appeals from an order finding him in contempt for nonpayment of child support. Because this order is not a final order, we quash the appeal.

¶ 2 Initially, we address the procedural irregularities which have occurred since the Notice of Appeal was filed. For some unexplained reason, the Notice of Appeal was captioned “Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Walter F. Sargent III.” The docketing statement, the caption on Sargent’s brief and the trial court opinion aré similarly captioned. The documents filed in this Court list the Commonwealth as the appellee. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Commonwealth v. McClendonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. McManus v. Chubb Group of InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  4. Hester v. BagnatoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Fox v. GablerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988

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3Cited by12 opinions

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