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It’s only Wednesday but the Superior Court has already had a tough week in terms of parental insanity. On Tuesday we had T.P v. G.P., a protection from abuse case from Delaware County. There is plenty to unpack here but the central focus of the battle seems to have…
Continue Reading Is Your Kid’s Cellphone A Cause For Good or A Provocation?There are times today when you read about new conventions of behavior and pause to…
Continue Reading Pushing the “Age of Me” Envelope. Does Any Marriage Survive “Modern Monogamy?”Until the Covid pandemic throttled the judicial system the Pennsylvania Superior Court could bank on…
Continue Reading Custody Contempts: Where Rights Have Few RemediesWhen this writer began his career in 1980, wages were pretty much the only form…
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As if life is not confusing enough, we saw a precedential Superior Court custody case published on September 6, 2023 which speaks to the brave, new world of parenting.
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Continue Reading “Hey Dad. Let Me Introduce You to My Other Dad.”The Chair that George Washington Sat On. How Personal Property Gums Up Your Divorce.
When they aren’t killing each other in courtrooms, people who practice family law can be an affable and interesting crowd. Lawyers in this business clash all the time so it…
Continue Reading The Chair that George Washington Sat On. How Personal Property Gums Up Your Divorce.Beginning in 2020 a new topic entered the estate planning world based on studies done at Cornell University. Cornell started what they call a “Family Reconciliation Project” and in 2021…
Continue Reading Terms of Estrangement: Should Your Estate Documents Be “Saying More.”Costner Wars Round 2 Yields Another Kevin Victory in the War Over How Much is “Enough.”
One of the benefits of “advice by blog” is that lawyers can be more objective in giving advice. There is not an anxious client sitting across the table asking if…
Continue Reading Costner Wars Round 2 Yields Another Kevin Victory in the War Over How Much is “Enough.”In America we like to identify who we are by what we do. Thus, in almost every encounter when we meet new people the question turns to: “What do you…
Continue Reading “Family Affair” Takes a New TwistLast week brought us a panel decision of the Superior Court in Humphrey v. Ross, not to be confused with the epic child support battle Humphreys v. DeRoss. The facts…
Continue Reading Marijuana Use and Custody Litigation: The Straight DopeMuch of the material reported in this blog comes from appellate cases; mostly Pennsylvania, but sometimes federal cases and decisions from other states. And, sometimes I will pass over a…
Continue Reading Divorcing a Soldier or Sailor? Be Cautious!What About the 401(K) you had from that Company in Trenton You Worked for in 1991?
Like it or not, “gig” work is becoming the norm and not the exception and a recent article published by CNBC proves the point. Earlier this month they reported that…
Continue Reading What About the 401(K) you had from that Company in Trenton You Worked for in 1991?I read a blog today about this subject. Mid nuptial agreements are contracts that typically seek to make an economic settlement among couples who otherwise don’t want to be divorced.
Continue Reading What’s A Mid Nuptial? And is it for You?The Family Law Practice Group
Fox Rothschild has one of the largest family law practices in the state of Pennsylvania and assists clients statewide, with a particular focus on clients resident in Eastern Pennsylvania in the counties of Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, Lancaster, Berks and Lehigh. Our attorneys are active in various state-based organizations, serving as at-large members and board members of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Law Section and the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Family Law Section as well as handling pro bono family law cases through the Southeastern Pennsylvania Legal Aid society.