Hood v. Zahm

Plaintiffs’ complaint in assumpsit is based upon a written agreement. The agreement was executed by defendant and his former wife, Joan F. Zahm, incident to their divorce proceeding. Under paragraph 4 of the agreement, defendant promised to pay the sum of $20 per week toward the support and maintenance of his daughter, Deborah Ruth Zahm. At the time the agreement was entered into, Deborah was in the custody of her mother.

The facts as pleaded in the complaint set forth the following: Deborah is now in the custody of plaintiffs, her maternal grandparents; that, in violation of the agreement,…