Court Opinion

ID: 9711777
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:38:56.788387+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:07.454202
License: Public Domain

*379HESTER, Judge,
concurring and dissenting.
I concur with that portion of the majority’s exceptionally well-reasoned opinion which addresses the issue as to whether Todd Mann is emancipated. I agree that under the undisputed facts in this appeal, he cannot be considered as emancipated.
I am constrained to dissent from only that portion of the majority’s opinion which affirms the support order of $650 per month for Todd. There is nothing in the record that indicates that $650 per month constitutes a reasonable expense in raising Todd. Appellants have three other children. The Hearing Court should have considered, on the record, the needs, the customs and the financial status of all the parties involved, not only Todd.
This is an unusual situation. Todd removed himself from his parents’ residence. He was never committed to the Children’s Home of Reading. A public agency is not seeking support for Todd. The Children’s Home has requested and received an order for $78 per day.
I would remand to the trial court to conduct an evidentiary hearing to ascertain the needs, the customs and the financial status of all the involved parties and then determine the amount appellants should pay for Todd’s support.