Support and Custody Modifications

Philadelphia Support and Custody Modifications Attorney

Perhaps the most important thing for parents that are divorced or separated to remember is that any custody or support orders in Pennsylvania are open to modification or separation because they are focused on the rights of the child, not the parents. Children of divorced parents generally have a right to spend time with their mother and their father, and to have their financial needs addressed by both.

I am Lee A. Schwartz, a Pennsylvania family lawyer dedicated to serving my clients in the five-county Philadelphia area. Since 1981, I have helped divorcing spouses establish child custody and support arrangements that make sense both during and after a divorce or separation.

Modifying Child Custody Arrangements

Contact my office to discuss your modification of custody needs. Since custody is always modifiable in the best interest of the child, I can help clients handle such custody issues as:

• Work schedule changes
• Relocation matters
• Temporary changes
• Requests by a child

Whatever your circumstances are, I have the background and experience to handle custody modification cases, either through the courts or the mediation process.

Understanding Support Order Modifications

Because Pennsylvania is generally an income-based support calculation state, significant changes in a parent's income can require modification of a child or spousal support order. I am an experienced support and custody attorney who will help clients understand what type of situations call for a modification of custody or support, and help them negotiate and properly file for changes.

Unfortunately, many parents continue to make support payments to a spouse or an adult child, after their obligation has legally concluded, their payments are treated as a voluntary gift if the payor fails to request a change. In the case of an emancipated child, support does not automatically cease. A parent must initiate a modification of support by filing a petition to terminate the support order.

For learn more about modification to child support or custody arrangements, contact me, Philadelphia family law mediation attorney Lee A. Schwartz. I am associated with the Spear Wilderman Law Firm.