Pennsylvania family law calculators (2026)
Guideline estimates for Pennsylvania, each built from the statute and shown step by step. Pick a calculator to start, or scan the key numbers below.
Child Support Calculator
Pennsylvania Child Support Calculator
Pennsylvania combines both parents' monthly net incomes, reads the basic obligation from the schedule in Rule 1910.16-3, and assigns the paying parent a share proportional to income, reduced when that parent has 40% or more of overnights. The schedule and self-support reserve were updated January 1, 2026.
- Schedule range
- $1,300 to $30,000
- Self-support reserve
- $1,255 / month
Alimony Calculator
Pennsylvania Alimony Calculator
Pennsylvania has three kinds of support between spouses. Spousal support and alimony pendente lite follow a formula in the support guidelines; alimony after the divorce is decided on statutory factors with no formula. Enter both net incomes to see the guideline figure.
- Without children
- 33% minus 40%
- With children
- 25% minus 30%
Key 2026 figures in Pennsylvania
Schedule range (Child support)
Combined monthly net income, updated January 1, 2026 with increases of 3% to 10%.
$1,300 to $30,000
Self-support reserve (Child support)
Up from $1,063; the obligor keeps at least this much net income.
$1,255 / month
Custody adjustment (Child support)
The obligor's share drops by the percentage of overnights above 30%.
40% of overnights
Above $30,000 (Child support)
Rule 1910.16-3.1: the $30,000 amount plus 4.0% to 6.3% of income above it.
Formula
Without children (Alimony)
33% of the higher earner's net income minus 40% of the lower earner's.
33% minus 40%
With children (Alimony)
Calculated before child support, which then uses the adjusted incomes.
25% minus 30%
Post-divorce alimony (Alimony)
Set on the 17 factors in 23 Pa.C.S. section 3701.
No formula
Tax treatment (Alimony)
Neither deductible by the payer nor income to the recipient.
Not taxable