Since the child custody statute was updated in 2010, a considerable about of time and effort on the part of the Superior Court has been spent clarifying various aspects of
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Delaware Blog Explores an Unusual Asset

Leslie Spoltore, a partner in our Wilmington, Delaware office, recently wrote a post on our Delaware Family Law Blog about…
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How to Ruin Your Custody Case – Rob a Bank With Kids in Tow

Back in December an interesting news report appeared out of Arkansas involving two Pennsylvania brothers who robbed a bank in Arkansas while …
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Discovery Master Programs Increase to Handle Volume of E-Discovery
In nearly every facet of litigation, the issue of electronic discovery and how to manage its production and review is becoming an important issue. This is no different in family…
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Superior Court Rules Against TV Personality & Affirms Reproductive Contracts
My partner in Philadelphia, Julia Swain, recently published an article in the Philadelphia Bar Association Reporter (Page 15) addressing the case of television personality Sherri Shepherd and her attempts…
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International Custody Disputes
Thanks to our partner, Leslie Spoltore, in Delaware, we have a consolidated blog entry for our previous articles on international custody. The Hague Conventions on child custody can…
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Same-Sex Common Law Marriage Declared in Bucks County Case

Up until about two years ago, a good portion of questions which came through this blog were questions about common-law marriage. Usually, it was someone asking whether or not they…
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Mother Jailed for Kidnapping Daughter
A New Hampshire mother will serve 10 months in county jail after pleading guilty to custodial interference stemming from her removal of her daughter from the county in 2004. At…
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Think Before You Text: iPad Texts are not Protected Under the Wiretapping Act

We have written about electronic discovery and Pennsylvania’s wiretapping law on this blog before. For family law attorneys, they are issues which can be…
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Delaware Passes Children’s Bill of Rights
Leslie Spoltore in our Wilmington office recently wrote about Delaware’s passing a children’s “Bill of Rights” into law. This law specifically addressed what children are to receive while under the…
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