Court Opinion

ID: 9707584
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:16:04.064256+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:35.242956
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DEL SOLE, Judge,
concurring.
I agree with the result reached by Judge Hoffman because I believe that once an order for support is entered a parent should not be permitted to escape payment. As we now know, courts are not permitted to reduce arrearages, 23 Pa.C.S. § 4352(e), and I think this embodies the public policy of the Commonwealth. I cannot agree with Judge Popovich that the court of common pleas lacked jurisdiction. I believe reliance on Commonwealth v. Johnson, 542 Pa. 568, 669 A.2d 315 *440(1995), is misplaced as that case was premised on a specific statute, the Juvenile Act, and such a statute does not exist in this case. Further, the criminal nature of nonsupport cases was abolished years ago and support orders entered pursuant to those cases have traditionally been enforced through domestic relations offices.