1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 470 Pa.
  5. 470 Pa. 253 (1977)
 

BARRETT v. BARRETT

470 Pa. 253 (1977)

368 A.2d 616

Lois Harriett BARRETT v. Merle Edmund BARRETT, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Merle Edmund BARRETT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Leete, Timothy P. O'Brien, Neighborhood Legal Services Assn., Aliquippa, for appellant.

Anthony J. Berosh, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beaver, for appellees.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

These cases, consolidated at both the trial and appellate levels, raise important questions concerning the extent of a court's power to imprison for the contemptuous violation of support orders.

On August 5, 1965, one Lois Harriett Barrett filed a complaint seeking support in the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County against her husband, Merle Edmund Barrett, under the Civil Procedural Support Law, Act of July...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases