Spousal support orders in high-income cases should be based on support guidelines set forth in the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure and not on the reasonable needs of the spouse, the state Supreme Court has ruled, reversing a Superior Court decision.
“Determining spousal support solely on the parties’ net incomes and the obligor’s other support obligations treats similarly situated persons similarly,” Justice Sandra Schultz Newman wrote for the court in Mascaro v. Mascaro.
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