Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/25/1989

Griffin v. Griffin

Citations

558 A.2d 86
384 Pa. Super. 210
1989 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1056

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stating that “[w]e will not decide moot or abstract questions, or enter a judgment or decree to which effect cannot be given.”
holding husband’s release from prison upon satisfying his support arrearages did not render issue on appeal moot where husband remained subject to continuing support order under which he could again be subject to contempt proceedings giving rise to same issue
holding husband’s release from prison upon satisfying his support arrearages did not render issue on appeal moot where husband remained subject to continuing support order under which he could again be subject to contempt proceedings giving rise to same issue
describing the finality requirements for an appeal from contempt of support proceedings
rejecting the argument that the appeal from a contempt order in a support case is moot, because the husband remains subject to a continuing support order and a second failure to comply with the order would again subject him to contempt proceedings
order enforcing child support through attachment proceedings is immediately appealable

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Judges: Brosky, Rowley, McEwen

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