Three related issues were addressed by the Superior Court last month in SMC v. WPC, 2012 PA Super 92 (April 24, 2012). First, the Superior Court held that evidence of post-separation misconduct rising to the level of...
Child Support
Paternity Judged by New Standard in Child Support Cases – Best Interests – Says Supreme Court
February 26, 2012
With a breathtaking sweep of their pens (or keyboards), four Justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week swept away decades of decisional law concerning paternity by estoppel, ushering a new era of parentage...
New Child Support Rule Requires Informed Consent
February 2, 2012
The child support guidelines were amended in December 2011, when the Supreme Court Domestic Relations Rules Committee enacted Rule 1910.11(d)(3). The new rule, which is targeted at cases where one or both parties are...
Submit 2011 Medical Expenses for Reimbursement Now
January 19, 2012
Under the Pennsylvania support guidelines, parents (and spouses who are receiving support) may be entitled to receive reimbursement of their medical expenses that were not paid by insurance, including copayments, deductibles,...
Trial by Ambush in Child Support Cases?
January 6, 2012
For the third time in several months, a panel of the Superior Court has considered whether to require litigants to plead specific grounds for modification of child support. Each time the Court has favored a less-restrictive...