Law.com

Font Size: increase font decrease font

Though Child Is in India, Support Payments Must Follow U.S. Guidelines

The Legal Intelligencer

July 19, 2005

A father who remains stateside while his child and her mother live back in India must pay child support according to U.S. guidelines, in spite of his protests that doing so would effectively render his wife and child "millionaires" in their homeland, a Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has ruled in an apparent case of first impression. The judges affirmed a decision ordering the father, who earns $1,666 a month, to pay $498 per month in support.

This article requires premium access

This article requires premium access to Law.com. Please sign in or subscribe to read the full text.

 
About ALM  |  About Law.com  |  Customer Support  |  Reprints  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms & Conditions |  ALM User License Agreement