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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | January 17, 2013 12:00 PM |
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| From: | Representative Michael K. Hanna |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Co-Sponsorship - providing for child support guidelines |
| In the coming weeks, I will be re-introducing former House Bill 1710 further providing for child support guidelines. It was recently brought to my attention that there is a defective problem with the current Pennsylvania Child Support Guidelines. Under current law, the surviving non-custodial biological parent benefits from the other parent’s death. Given that a minor child has lost a parent, it should be the minor child that receives benefits. Prior to the custodial parent’s death, the non-custodial parent would owe child support. The death of the custodial parent should not change this. Under my legislation, if a child for whom support is sought is receiving Social Security benefits as a result of the death, retirement or disability of anyone other than the obligor, then the obligor would not receive a credit for these benefits against his or her child support obligation. If you have any questions, please contact Alycia Laureti via e-mail at alaureti@pahouse.net or via phone at 2-2283. PREVIOUS COSPONSORS: CALTAGIRONE , CARROLL , D. COSTA, DONATUCCI, FABRIZIO , GOODMAN, HALUSKA , MAHONEY , MURT , M. O'BRIEN , O'NEILL , READSHAW , SWANGER and YOUNGBLOOD |
Introduced as HB825