Harnish's Estate

Citations

• 268 Pa. 128
• 110 A. 761
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 639

Syllabus

<p>Poor law — Indigent adult children — Indigent adult insane children — Support—Duty of parent — Jurisdiction—Gourts—Quarter sessions — Common pleas — Orphans’ court■ — Acts of June 18, 1886, P. L. 517 ; April 15,1857, P. L. 191, and June 1,1915, P. L. 661.</p> <p>1. Under the Acts of June 13, 1836, P. L. 547, and April 15, 1857, P. L. 191, the legal duty to support an indigent adult child is on the parent, and jurisdiction to enforce such liability is in the court of quarter sessions; hut in case of an indigent insane adult child, the liability is imposed, in the interest of the Commonwealth, on the parent by the Act of June 1, 1915, P. L. 661, and jurisdiction to enforce such liability is given to the court of pommon pleas by section 4 of the act; hut such jurisdiction is not exclusive of the right of the Commonwealth to enforce the liability of a deceased father by appropriate proceedings against his estate in the orphans’ court.</p> <p>2. In such case, the jurisdiction of the orphans’ court is not affected by the fact that there has been no adjudication of the claim in the common pleas.</p>