Commonwealth ex rel. DeShields v. DeShields

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Relatrix, asserting a common law marriage with the respondent, petitioned the lower court for an order for her support and the support of an epileptic child. A hearing was held on August 4, 1952, and a second adjourned hearing on August 19, 1952, when the court entered an order directing the respondent “to pay his wife Nancy” the sum of $14.00 per week for her support. The testimony at these hearings is to the effect that the parties lived together as husband and wife from 1923 until some time in 1943 when relatrix left the respondent because he neglected to support her.…