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TURNER v. TURNER

487 Pa. 403 (1979)

409 A.2d 412

Betty Lou TURNER, Appellant, v. Charles A. TURNER.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Spaziani, Gary Neil Asteak, Easton, for appellant.

Richard Stevens, Allentown, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

We are asked to determine whether the Married Women's Property Act bars a divorced woman from suing her ex-spouse on a cause of action which arose while the parties were married.1 We hold that the Act does not preclude suit by an ex-spouse. It provides only that a "married woman . . . may not sue her husband," and does not address, preclude or otherwise...

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