# Brown v. Hall

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 5, 1981 · 495 Pa. 635

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9645084

## Case

- **Full name:** Ruth A. BROWN, (Formerly Hall) Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of David B. Hall and Barbara A. Hall, Minors, Appellee, v. Larry E. HALL, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Ruth A. HALL (Now Brown), Appellant, v. Larry E. HALL, Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 5, 1981
- **Citations:** 495 Pa. 635; 435 A.2d 859; 1981 Pa. LEXIS 993
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Larsen
- **Judges:** Kauffman, Larsen
- **Cited by:** 64 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that, where a property settlement agreement has not been merged into a divorce decree, the parties continue to be liable to each other under the terms of the agreement and a court other than the one that issued the divorce decree may hear disputes about those terms

## Opinion text

LARSEN, Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
I agree that support provisions of a separation agreement are enforceable in equity despite the existence of a support order. I would not, however, vacate the support order. I view the remedies as concurrent with no election having to be made as to the choice of remedies; of course, there would be only one recovery.

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