Court Opinion

ID: 9746373
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 14:13:33.626333+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:12.501405
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NIX, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I joined the dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Zappala in Young v. Young, 507 Pa. 40, 488 A.2d 264 (1985), because I was satisfied that the applicable statute, see Third Class City Code, 53 P.S. § 39351, expressed a clear intent to preclude the attachment of the pension fund. The majority in Young, in their wisdom, saw fit to ignore that clear legislative direction and permitted an attachment of such a fund on an in personam order of support payments, reduced to judgment. At this juncture I would agree that it would run afoul of the strong policy favoring amicable settlements, see Charles v. Giant Eagle Markets, 513 Pa. 474, 522 A.2d 1 (1987), to insist upon a distinction in this case. I therefore join in the result.