Bucci v. Bucci

506 A.2d 438 (Pa. Super. 1986)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

Appellant and Franco Bucci, appellees' son, were married at the respective ages of seventeen and eighteen on September 22, 1979. Appellant gave birth to Nicole on December 19, 1979. Franco is not a party to these proceedings; he is serving a seven-year term of imprisonment for an arson conviction. From the date of their marriage until March 1980, appellant and Franco resided with appellees in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In January 1980, appellant and Franco began to experience severe marital difficulties; they argued vehemently, and Franco struck appellant on occasion causing her to file assault charges against him. In March 1980, Franco moved from appellees' house, and appellees suggested that appellant and Nicole return to her parents' house two blocks away. Appellant moved, but she and Nicole regularly visited appellees for the next month. After April 6, 1980, appellees did not see Nicole until June 1984, when the trial court ordered visitation while these proceedings were pending. The court awarded two-hour visitation to the grandparents once every three months. W appealed.