Child Support and Spousal Support
The Family Law team at Daley Zucker regularly assists clients with child support, child custody and spousal support claims, and works to assure that every client’s rights are fully protected. Contact us to learn how our attorneys can help you.
Types of Support:
There are two types of support in Pennsylvania family law matters – Child Support and Spousal Support.
Child Support:
Pennsylvania law requires parents to support their children financially. Generally, the courts do not resolve support issues unless one parent has left the family home or the parents are unable to decide these issues among themselves.
Under Pennsylvania law, the Courts use a formula, the Pennsylvania Support Guidelines, to calculate the amount of support owed. In doing so, the Courts consider many factors, including the non-custodial parent’s income and the number of children involved. In addition, if a parent obligated to pay support fails to pay, legal action and court intervention may be necessary.
Child Support is payable until a child reaches the age of 18 or graduates from high school, whichever happens later.
Spousal Support and Alimony Pendente Lite:
Spousal support, alimony, and APL (alimony pendente lite) are forms of support provided by one spouse to another. Spousal support is designed to provide one spouse (who has generally been dependent upon the other for all or most of the income before the parties separated or divorced) with a reasonable financial allowance to pay for living expenses, such as mortgage payments or rent, medical insurance, food, gas, clothing and utility bills.
Courts may require alimony to be paid before or after the divorce is finalized. On the other hand, Alimony Pendente Lite is a form of temporary spousal support awarded after a divorce complaint has been filed, that generally is paid only until a final divorce decree is issued and equitable distribution of the marital property has been finalized.
Spousal support can be an important factor in marital property distribution. If the party seeking support and his or her spouse cannot reach an agreement on this issue, the Court will enter an order for support based on a number of factors, including the length of the marriage and the income and needs of the parties.
We at Daley Zucker have extensive experience assisting our clients with child support, child custody (link to the custody page) and spousal support. Please Contact us to find out how we can help you.
The attorneys practicing in this area of law are:
Sandra L. Meilton
Lindsay Gingrich Maclay
Tina M. Laudermilch
The law office of Daley Zucker Meilton Miner & Gingrich, LLC, with offices in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania regularly represents businesses and individuals with Family Law, Estates, Guardianships, Bankruptcy, Employment Law, Insurance Law, Administrative Law, Business and Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Municipal Law and Real Estate matters throughout Central Pennsylvania, including Harrsiburg East Shore, Harrisburg West Shore, Dauphin County, Cumberland County, York County, Lancaster County, Perry County, Juniata County, Mifflin County, Centre County, Adams County, Franklin County, Fulton County and Schuylkill County.
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