Determining child support is a tricky process, especially when exacerbated by the stress of divorce and custody battles. When your economic future and that of your child comes down to a formula, some ...

Federal law requires that states establish guidelines for child support. Pennsylvania's child and spousal support statute, 23 Pa.C.S. Section 4322(a), provides for a Supreme Court rule establishing a ...

The intermediate appellate court remanded a decision of the Kent County Circuit Court ordering Richard H. Beck Jr. to pay his former wife Kimberly Ann Beck a mere $700 per month in child support. In ...

Maryland’s child support guidelines are based on economic data from the 1970s – something the state Department of Human Resources hopes to change next year. The department is pushing a new set of ...

The new figures apply only to cases filed after Jan. 1, though a limited number of current child-support orders may be eligible for modification. The update reflects more current costs for raising ...