People going through divorce experience a lot of emotional pain and it sometimes clouds their ability to address their need to emerge from the experience with a plan. Lawyers commonly
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PRECEDENT ISSUED ON “THE VACCINE”
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Tempus fugit. It was December 2020 when the FDA issued its first approval for a Covid vaccine. Perhaps this writer was the naïve one but I never thought a vaccine…
Continue Reading PRECEDENT ISSUED ON “THE VACCINE”Don’t Let Your Dead Body Become “A Loose Ball.”
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Forgive the title but this is written amidst the Eagles-Vikings game and on the same date as Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. Commentators noted that the Queen’s final event was more than…
Continue Reading Don’t Let Your Dead Body Become “A Loose Ball.”BANEFUL BIPRODUCT OF BIDEN’S STUDENT DEBT RELIEF PLAN
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It has not actually happened but last month the administration announced its intention to confer discharges of up to $10,000 in student debt for individuals earning less than $125,000 or…
Continue Reading BANEFUL BIPRODUCT OF BIDEN’S STUDENT DEBT RELIEF PLANUNHAPPY AT HOME? Think About What You Own
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Contrary to the prevailing belief in 1980 when Pennsylvania became a no-fault state, liberalization of the divorce laws did not prompt an avalanche of divorce. After many years focusing my…
Continue Reading UNHAPPY AT HOME? Think About What You OwnSuperior Court Affirms Concept of Child Support Agreement as Convertible to Alimony.
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Non modifiable child support provisions are infrequent but do come up occasionally when parties are negotiating Property Settlement Agreements. It typically arises when a dependent spouse asserts that a certain…
Continue Reading Superior Court Affirms Concept of Child Support Agreement as Convertible to Alimony.PA. Supreme Court Affirms that “Contractual Expectancies” Are Gifts & Non Marital Property
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Those of us from large firms sometimes read opinions where solo practitioners take a shot at an issue and force us to take notice. The facts in this Bucks County…
Continue Reading PA. Supreme Court Affirms that “Contractual Expectancies” Are Gifts & Non Marital PropertyIS A 17 YEAR OLD RAPE ALLEGATION RELEVANT IN A CUSTODY CASE INVOLVING A 16 YEAR OLD CHILD?
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It is the epitome of the ugly custody case; the kind that judges will confide to lawyers makes them lose sleep at night. It is also the kind of case…
Continue Reading IS A 17 YEAR OLD RAPE ALLEGATION RELEVANT IN A CUSTODY CASE INVOLVING A 16 YEAR OLD CHILD?BUSINESS VALUATION IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
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There is a magazine for everything including family law and today I watched a brief video published in late May by Family Lawyer Magazine. The guest interviewed was Jay…
Continue Reading BUSINESS VALUATION IN UNCERTAIN TIMESTurning Off the Gaslight in Your Relationship
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With few exceptions lawyers are not psychologists and have no business trying to play in that field. But experienced lawyers inevitably see their fair share of psychological wounds when interacting…
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