Court Opinion

ID: 9705811
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:21:59.930784+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:15.964995
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion by
Montgomery, J.:
I concur in the disposition made of this appeal by the majority, but solely on the basis that there is no evidence that the child Suzanne is not being adequately supported. As far as the record discloses the release executed by the mother and her present husband is being respected by them and the child is being supported as a result thereof.
In Commonwealth ex rel. Holzbaur v. Holzbaur, 185 Pa. Superior Ct. 343, 138 A. 2d 268, this Court stated that it would be unfair for a Pennsylvania *410court to enter an order de novo on top of one already entered in New Jersey. In my opinion, it would be equally unfair to impose an order on defendant to support his daughter when she is receiving adequate support under the arrangement made by him with the mother and her husband, as evidenced by the release for which he paid consideration.
Should the child be neglected and her mother and husband fail in their obligation undertaken in the release, then, someone, on behalf of the child, can apply to the father for the support he is legally bound to provide, at which time he, in turn, may have recourse to seek relief from the other parties to the release. Until such time, this proceeding is not justified and was properly dismissed.