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I am presenting the most recent Pennsylvania cases involving child support, spousal support and alimony pendente lite....

The Superior Court held that the trial court had erred by ordering father to share the Social Security benefit while setting child support at $0....

The Court noted that there is no statutory definition of "income" for alimony cases in California, and it was unclear whether retained earnings could be properly categorized as "income" for alimony purposes....

In Blazer v. Blazer (No. DR 38292, Aug. 25, 2009), the California Court of Appeals discusses the excess earnings method and, in particular, the myriad ways to distinguish personal from enterprise goodwill....

The Superior Court initially reversed the trial court's order, but after reargument en banc, affirmed the trial court's order allowing the estate to seek recovery of the proceeds from the ex-wife....