Legal Opinion

Commonwealth Ex Rel. Barnes v. Barnes

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 12, 1942No. Appeal, 259PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Appellant was likewise the appellant in Com. ex rel. Barnes v. Barnes, 140 Pa. Superior Ct. 397, 14 A. 2d 164, wherein we modified the support order which he had been directed to pay to his wife to $15 per week. Appellant thereafter presented to the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County a petition to vacate or reduce that order because of a change in his circumstances. After hearing, the petition was dismissed.

Orders of support are not final inasmuch as they may be increased, reduced, or vacated where the financial condition of the parties changes, or where other proper…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Com. Ex Rel. Binney v. BinneySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Crandall v. CrandallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  3. Commonwealth v. KnoblochSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Jamison v. JamisonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Ritter v. RitterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Conway v. DanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. ShafferSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  3. Commonwealth v. GeorgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
  4. Commonwealth ex rel. Rankin v. RankinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  5. Com. Ex Rel. Kaplan v. KaplanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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