23 PA Cons Stat Chapter 43 Domestic Relations - Child Support

Pennsylvania uses a system referred to as the “Income Shares Model” for determining child support. This methodology focuses primarily on the net incomes of the parents and aims to grant the children the same proportion of the parental income that he or she would have received had the parents not divorced. These guidelines were updated in 2026 to reflect increased net income caps and an increase in financial responsibility for each child.