Pennsylvania child support - mortgage supplement

I found a great article over at the All Things Law Blog about Pennsylvania child support and the mortgage supplement provision.

Here is an excerpt from the article:

"The Pennsylvania child support guidelines provide for an increase to the basic support obligation when the person receiving child support resides in the marital residence and the mortgage payment (including real estate taxes and homeowner’s insurance) exceeds 25% of that person’s net income. The mortgage adjustment provision attempts to provide some definition as to what constitutes an unusually high mortgage payment so that a deviation from the basic child support guidelines can be uniformly applied. Generally, if the couple is in separate households, a child support order is requested and established as soon as practically possible after a divorce complaint is filed. The couple begins to attempt to work out the division of the assets and the debts. Usually, although not always, the parent who has primary custody of the children stays in the marital residence and is financially responsible for maintaining the residence. It is at this juncture when the parties decide whether it is financially feasible for the custodial parent to remain in the residence after divorce."