Legal Opinion

Racciato v. Racciato

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 25, 1990No. 1788PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DEL SOLE, Judge:

Pursuant to Appellee, Wife’s, request the trial court entered an order directing that Appellant, Husband, pay $890.00 per week for the support of his wife and two minor daughters. This sum was directed to be allocated $185.00 per week for Wife, $557.00 per week for the support of the two children and $148.00 per week for arrearages.

Husband makes an initial claim, with regard to the child support award, which we find to be meritorious. He contends that the court entered the child support order without applying, the formula enunciated in Melzer v. Witsberger, 505 Pa. 462, 480…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fried v. FriedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Melzer v. WitsbergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Griffin v. GriffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Ritter v. RitterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Ryan v. DeLongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Calabrese v. CalabreseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  2. Caplan v. CaplanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Stanton v. PetersenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. Racciato v. RacciatoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  5. Wonders v. WondersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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