Does it count as Child Support if a parent sets up a trust for their minor children by a previous spouse? According to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in Hanrahan v. Bakker in June 2018, the answer is: No! As part of a multi-tiered opinion handed down earlier this year, the state Supreme Court said a voluntary…
Read MoreSupport in Pennsylvania is standardized by state law into a calculation based on a specific set of factors, including the net income of both parents, the percentage of custody each has the child(ren), and costs of childcare and health insurance to arrive at the reasonable financial needs of children. This last factor was greatly affected…
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