Recently, the Pennsylvania Superior Court found that Husband’s refusal to pay for the financial support of the family because Wife refused to have sex with him amounted to psychological force contemplated by the criminal statutes definition of rape, Boykai v Young. This Superior Court reasons that the Husband's actions constituted sexual intercourse without Wife's consent, which amounted to sexual assault and constituted a violation from the Protection from Abuse Act.
This is an important decision authored by the Superior Court that further protects, in most instances, the Wife under the Statue.
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