Montgomery County is making major revisions to its custody procedure, including an overhaul of the “Our Children First” parenting seminar. This seminar is a requirement under Local Rule of Civil
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Practice Issues
Misunderstanding Between Lawyer and Expert Results in Breach of Contract and Unused Report
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Experts and their reports can be an expensive, but necessary, element to many types of cases. This is particularly true in divorce cases, whether they are personal or business divorces.
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Is Football Destined To Become A Legal Custody Football?
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In most cases, there isn’t much to write on the subject of legal custody. In Pennsylvania, it is the right to make decisions affecting the child’s welfare; in contrast to…
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Hedging Bets on Social Security
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If you have been reading the news lately, we have seen lots of electronic ink spilled over entitlement programs, especially Medicaid and its role in health care reform. Meanwhile, the…
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Bitcoin Redux with an Ethereal Twist
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We last wrote about Bitcoin in late March, 2014. The principal concern we expressed at that time was that these cryptocurrencies might form a refuge from financial disclosure in the…
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Your Divorce Is Not a Community Event
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We live in an age of instant information where there is constant temptation to share what one is doing and thinking. We are used to sharing our experiences and thoughts…
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The Other Defendant: The Impact of Public Persona in a Custody Trial
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Child custody cases turn on the court’s determination of the child’s best interests. As defined in Pennsylvania, this means having the judge apply evidence to Pennsylvania’s sixteen (16) custody factors…
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Modifying Unmodifiable Agreements
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A standard provision in most written agreements establishes that no modification of the agreement shall occur unless the parties do so in writing (and usually notarized to avoid fraud). Recently,…
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Custody Standing Wars- Chapter 2
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The leading case from last year in family law was the Supreme Court’s decision in D.P. v. G.J.P. 146 A.3d 204, holding that Pennsylvania’s grandparent custody statute offended principles of…
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Custodial Ménage A Trois
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This week we see a new case from a trial court on Long Island, which held that folks who adopt an open marriage that produces children might find the custody…
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