Is a parent’s obligation to support a child based upon present earnings or earning capacity? Each time a case is decided and we believe we have guidance, there is yet another case which seems contradictory.
Last month, the Superior Court decided Grigoruk v. Grigoruk, PICS Case No. 06-1634 (Pa. Super. Nov. 20, 2006) Bowes, J. (9 pages). In this matter, the parents shared physical custody of two children, ages 12 and 9, and in March 2005, Melissa Grigoruk filed for an upward modification of an existing child support order. She had been earning between $84,000 and $101,000 annually as an administrator, primarily in the field of education, and was the chief executive officer of the Greater Lehigh Valley Girl Scout Council, earning approximately $90,000 annually. She had earned undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in education, and was also certified as an elementary and secondary school principal, as a school superintendent and as a reading specialist.
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