When you and your spouse divorce, the entire experience conjures a bevy of issues, many of which revolve around money. Specifically, if you have a child together you will most likely either pay or receive child support. An existing child support order may work for a...
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Child Support
When can I request a child support termination?
Child support serves an important purpose in Pennsylvania. It allows parents who are primarily raising their children to have the financial support to do so. As you raise your children, circumstances are bound to change. Some of these changes could warrant a change in...
Requesting a child support modification
Child support orders often come about in the context of a divorce, but in many ways, the legal issues involved in child support are different from the other issues in a divorce. Most issues in family law, such as property division, spousal support or even child...
Added costs for children that affect child support obligations
When parents go through a divorce in Pennsylvania, their children are at the forefront of many of the decisions that are made during the divorce. Parents may focus on the child custody and parenting time decisions, which dictate when they will see their children....
Child support enforcement in Pennsylvania
Child support can be a major issue for many parents and has a great impact on their children. Children should be financially supported and enforcement tools can help ensure children receive what they need according to a child support order. Enforcement options If a...
Is child support different for high-earners?
Like other states, Pennsylvania has established Child Support Guidelines. Judges are supposed to follow these Guidelines when ordering a parent to pay child support. In most cases, these Guidelines are relatively straightforward to apply. However, in cases where one...
Can child support be modified?
Parents in Pennsylvania are responsible for providing their children with love, support, and financial assistance, regardless of whether they are married to their co-parents. When parents go through a separation or divorce, they will often create or work through the...
What are your concerns when it comes to child support?
Child support concerns can arise for couples in Pennsylvania who are going through a divorce, or even for couples who have never been married but who have children together. Oftentimes, concerns about child support are just one part of a larger family law case....