Matthews v. Matthews

ULLMAN, J.,

A. Procedural Background

*417On November 8, 2012, defendant filed a petition for modification of an existing support order for these two children. Defendant was paying $2,310.00 a month for child support and sought to reduce this order.

A hearing was held on May 15, 2013 before a Berks County Support Master (the “hearing officer” in the support rules is referred to as a “support master” in Berks county parlance). The support master filed his report on June 11, 2013, and plaintiff filed timely exceptions on July 1, 2013. After a transcript was produced, support argument was set for…