Barrett v. Barrett

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 1977-01-28

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OPINION OP 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…

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