The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in the matter of Sichelstiel v. Sichelstiel, 2022 Pa. Super. 48, has clarified how so-called “pass-through income” from a party’s businesses is to be considered in a child support matter.

In Sichelstiel the father appealed from a trial court decision that included his pass-through income from his business ventures as part of his net income for the purpose of calculating child support. While he had multiple sources of income, the father only appealed the inclusion of the pass-through income as part of his net income for the purposes of calculating child support.