In Re: Proceedings Against Forcey
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Trexler, P. J.,
Margaret Bow Porcey presented her petition reciting that her children were of tender age, poor and unable to maintain themselves, that she and the maternal grandparents were of not sufficient ability to do so and that the court should order the paternal grandfather to support them.
The allegations set forth in the petition were supported by evidence. The mother and the grandparents are not able to support the children. An uncle, himself not a man of means but charitably inclined, has supported them for sometime contributing $125 a month to the support of his sister’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Herman v. HermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- In the Matter of Lucy JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
3Cited by6 opinions
- Stoner EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Commonwealth v. Fleckenstein, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Warren County1974
- Commonwealth v. Aquilino, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, York County1948
- Commonwealth v. Groller, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1941
- Commonwealth v. Ray, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1945
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