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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orders Custodial Parent to Pay Child Support

In a case of first impression in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court, the highest appellate court in the state, granted allocatur to consider whether a trial court may order a parent with primary custody of a child to pay child support to the non-custodial parent. Finding that in certain circumstances they may do so, the court has now ordered a custodial father to pay child support to the mother of his children, despite the fact they he has custody of them 73% of the time.

17 minute read August 31, 2004 at 02:22 PM
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Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Orders Custodial Parent to Pay Child Support

In a case of first impression in Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court, the highest appellate court in the state, granted allocatur to consider whether a trial court may order a parent with primary custody of a child to pay child support to the non-custodial parent.

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