Child Support

Can I Use Take-Home Pay to Calculate Child Support?

November 23, 2011
By: Brian C. Vertz

The latest episode of my podcast, Making Divorce Easier, deals with an issue that arises frequently in child support proceedings. Calculating child support requires knowing your net available income under Pennsylvania support guidelines. This podcast will discuss the differences between take-home pay and net available income. Can you rely on your paystub to calculate child support? This episode answers that question.

About the Author

Brian C. Vertz

With an MBA and more than two decades of experience handling complex financial affairs, Partner Brian C. Vertz excels at cases involving assessment of personal assets including premarital wealth and trusts, valuation of closely held businesses, executive compensation, medical and dental practices, and complex child support litigation. Brian was selected as the Pittsburgh 2019 Lawyer of the Year for family law through The Best Lawyers in America peer review process.