Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Rosemary Mascaro, Appellant v. Joseph Mascaro, Appellee

August 20, 2002569 Pa. 255

Summary

The court held that Pennsylvania's spousal-support formula applies even when the parties' combined net income exceeds $15,000 per month, subject to permitted deviations. High-income child support, however, must be calculated separately under the reasonable-needs approach, and the trial court erred by combining the wife's and child's needs. The court also upheld excluding employer-provided medical insurance and jointly beneficial perquisites from the husband's income under the circumstances, reversed the Superior Court, and remanded.