The news out of Harrisburg is that both chambers of the General Assembly have passed what is termed House Bill 917, formally the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act. This comes
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More on Guns: Superior Court Upholds Restrictions
We promised not to turn this into a gun blog but in a country where half of all families own guns and the half that do own a lot of…
Continue Reading More on Guns: Superior Court Upholds RestrictionsGetting Divorced & Selling the House: WATCHOUT!
Early in this writer’s career lawyers used to have to be careful about possible capital gains tax on the sale of a personal residence. Before 1997 the exclusion was $125,000…
Continue Reading Getting Divorced & Selling the House: WATCHOUT!Legal Terror: A Look at Infamous In Terrorem Clauses
In this day, it seems just wrong to even write a word incorporating “terror.” It seems as if terrorism is everywhere and one place we could hope to elude it…
Continue Reading Legal Terror: A Look at Infamous In Terrorem ClausesAppellate Gambols: April Fool’s Edition
Gambols: an act of running or jumping about playfully.
In the days before digital printers, anyone who appealed a trial court ruling needed to find a printing company to…
Continue Reading Appellate Gambols: April Fool’s EditionMy Ex Sold Our House for Huge Money. Why No Change in My Support?
April Fools brought us a panel decision in Smedley v. Smedley (312 EDA 2023) which takes on the issue of whether home sales or other “one time” transactions are a…
Continue Reading My Ex Sold Our House for Huge Money. Why No Change in My Support?Divorce Lawyers Facing Their Own Navigation Issues as Social Security Veers Off Course.
It’s an unfortunate week to make the comparison but it is an apt one for the very reason we saw as the tragedy in Baltimore unfolded early Tuesday morning. Then…
Continue Reading Divorce Lawyers Facing Their Own Navigation Issues as Social Security Veers Off Course.Hearsay Is Admissible: Just Unlock the Back Door
Just about everyone who has tried a custody case has been called upon to present a “school choice” dispute. These are the ones where Springfield High is pitted against Bayside…
Continue Reading Hearsay Is Admissible: Just Unlock the Back DoorLessons for Coping with the Flaming TeenAge
This writer has a home outside of Philadelphia that was once owned by a motion picture director of minor note named Irvin “Shorty” Yeaworth. Yeaworth became known for producing the…
Continue Reading Lessons for Coping with the Flaming TeenAgeWe Don’t Like Each Other But Can’t Afford to End it.
There are some fascinating topics related to divorce swimming out there in the electronic world. And one we just saw is a new phenomenon where couples are deciding it’s over…
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