Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

My son has primary custody of our grandson. The mother left and abandoned the grandson in July, 2011 when he was 7 months old. My son filed with the family court for child support since he has the child 98% of the time. Upon receiving the paperwork for the child support hearing, the mother had a series of one night stands and became pregnant. At the time of the hearing, she was told that she needed to present papers from her physician stating she cannot work due to her pregnancy. If she presents this paperwork, she does not have to pay any child support. (She is just over a month along according to her Facebook declarations). If a man were to incur an injury where he was unable to work for a given amount of time, would he still be obligated to pay his support payments?


Asked on 12/29/11, 4:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Berman Law Offices of Michael A. Berman

Did he file for primary custody as well?

It is important he make it official.

The child support calculation is always modifiable due to changes in circumstances. However, this looks to be one of those situations where consulting a lawyer (not necessarily to bring along to the hearing, more for a review of the information) would be smart.

Mike

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Answered on 12/30/11, 7:10 am


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