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abused respondent’s discretion in denying petitioner such relief.
We hold that respondent did not abuse respondent’s discretion.
FINDINGS OF FACT
Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.
Petitioner resided in Havertown, Pennsylvania, at the time
she filed the petition. Intervenor Paul Krasner (Mr. Krasner)
resided in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, at the time he filed the
notice of intervention.
Petitioner, a college graduate, and Mr. Krasner, a graduate
of college and dental school, married on or about June 11, 1983,
and legally separated on October 13, 1999. On December 7, 1999,
petitioner instituted proceedings for a divorce from Mr. Krasner
(divorce proceedings) in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas).
Petitioner and Mr. Krasner have four children (the chil-
dren): S, C, W, and P. At the time of the trial in this case,
S, C, and W were 21, 18, and 16 years old, respectively.2
Before petitioner married Mr. Krasner, she worked as a high
school biology teacher. Sometime around 1984, when petitioner
and Mr. Krasner had their first child, petitioner stopped work-
ing. She remained unemployed until around the beginning of 2005,
when she began working as a substitute teacher. For the first
15-day period during which petitioner worked as a substitute
2The record does not disclose P’s age.
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