The solo practitioner at Risoldi Law Offices, LLC in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, Carla Risoldi handles family law and criminal defense matters in and around Bucks, Philadelphia and Montgomery Counties in Pennsylvania, and Mercer, Burlington and Hunterdon Counties in New Jersey. Over the course of more than two decades, Carla Risoldi has become familiar with a range of legal matters, including child support.
Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey determine child support awards primarily based upon the “support guidelines” and child support is usually awarded to either the primary custodial parent, the parent that has the children more than 50 percent of the time in a 2-week period, or the parent that makes less money when custody is shared.
The amount that a parent receives in child support is based on a specific mathematical formula that takes into account four main factors: the number of children, the custody schedule, additional costs of caring for children, and the incomes of both parents. To assist with this, the state maintains a chart indicating the total support amount based on parent incomes and number of children. However, determination of support is more than simply a mathematics calculation as the court will also consider other factors, such as the earning potential of a parent, medical insurance costs for the children, payment or receipt of alimony or spousal support, costs relating to the home of the custodian, the age of the children, extraordinary expenses and other factors so it is important to have an attorney who really knows the “ins and outs” of the law.
Carla Risoldi has this experience and can assist with preparing for the support process, usually having calculated numerous possible scenarios even before walking into the courthouse. With that preparation, she is ready and able to make the strongest arguments on behalf of her clients, based on the particular facts of the client’s case as applied to the current law of the jurisdiction.
About Carla Risoldi 