Federal law requires that states establish guidelines for child support. Pennsylvania's child and spousal support statute, 23 Pa.C.S. Section 4322(a), provides for a Supreme Court rule establishing a ...

Determining child support is a tricky process, especially when exacerbated by the stress of divorce and custody battles. When your economic future and that of your child comes down to a formula, some ...

The intermediate appellate court remanded a decision of the Kent County Circuit Court ordering Richard H. Beck Jr. to pay his former wife Kimberly Ann Beck a mere $700 per month in child support. In ...

For the past several decades the “alimony deduction” has been available to all divorcing couples. This deduction provided that the spouse making alimony payments could deduct alimony payments from his ...

As the Maryland General Assembly is about to start Wednesday, its website lists 220 prefiled bills in the Senate and 200 prefiled bills in the House. After hitting “Child Support” in the search box, ...

Maryland’s child support guidelines are based on economic data from the 1970s – something the state Department of Human Resources hopes to change next year. The department is pushing a new set of ...

Under Colorado law, a child has a legal right to support from both parents until the child is emancipated. This right has long been recognized by courts and is now codified in various statutes.

The new figures apply only to cases filed after Jan. 1, though a limited number of current child-support orders may be eligible for modification. The update reflects more current costs for raising ...