COM. ex rel. ACHTER v. ACHTER


167 Pa.Super. 603 (1950)

Commonwealth ex rel. Achter v. Achter, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 14, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Weiner, with him Herbert L. Floum, for appellant.

Wesley H. Caldwell, with him Michael Saxe, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS, ARNOLD and GUNTHER, JJ.


OPINION BY RENO, J., November 14, 1950:

This is an appeal by the husband from a refusal of the court below to vacate an order for the support of his wife. It involves the validity of a California divorce.

Under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Federal Constitution we are required to enforce a divorce decree of a sister state as prima facie valid, but only where the forum rendering the decree had...

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