COM. EX REL. WASIOLEK v. WASIOLEK


251 Pa.Super. 108 (1977)

380 A.2d 400

COMMONWEALTH ex rel. Frances N. WASIOLEK, Appellant, v. Richard P. WASIOLEK.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eleanor F. Itskowitz, Southampton, with her Michael J. Pepe, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Paul M. Lewis, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


HOFFMAN, Judge:

The instant case involves a serious question concerning the effect of the Equal Rights Amendment1 (E.R.A.) on Pennsylvania law governing a parent's obligation of support: appellant, mother of three small children, has resisted seeking employment because she believes that the continued presence in the home is in the best interest of her children. The lower court held that the E.R.A. and recent Pennsylvania case law requires...

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