My recently retired colleague, Mark Ashton, wrote a great analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court case, U.S. v. Rahimi, and posed some interesting questions about where future challenges related
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Au Revoir
I wasn’t around for the inception of the Pennsylvania Family Law Blog, which I believe dates to 2006. In fact, I really wasn’t much of a believer that this form
Continue Reading Au RevoirMarriage & Divorce: Just What Do Americans Want?
Because of the blog’s topic, we are fed a lot of reported news on the state of marriage and divorce in 21st century America. Three topics seem to be
Continue Reading Marriage & Divorce: Just What Do Americans Want?Protection From Abuse & Guns; Discussion “Continued”
Friday, June 21 brought the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Rahimi, a Texas case which offered to provide better insight into how the rights to possess and
Continue Reading Protection From Abuse & Guns; Discussion “Continued”Should You Be Asking for a Disclosure-Only Pre-nuptial?
Recent data relating to couples who have married in recent years shows that men and women are deferring marriage to their late 20s and early 30s. In real terms what
Continue Reading Should You Be Asking for a Disclosure-Only Pre-nuptial?Kayden’s Law Becomes The Law.
In August 2018 seven year old Kayden Mancuso left her home in suburban Bucks County to visit her dad at his home in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia. Two years
Continue Reading Kayden’s Law Becomes The Law.PA. SUPREME COURT ESSENTIALLY REJECTS THIRD PARTY CHILD SUPPORT BASED ON CUSTODY.
In March 2012 Joe Caldwell and Jacqui Spencer have a child. Seventeen months later Jacqui and the toddler move in with Philip Jaurigue. For the next several years the child
Continue Reading PA. SUPREME COURT ESSENTIALLY REJECTS THIRD PARTY CHILD SUPPORT BASED ON CUSTODY.Your Girlfriend from the 1980s is Grateful for Your Million Dollars.
It is no secret that a lot of people in America are living alone and while many have been in one or more serious relationships those never culminated in marriage.
Continue Reading Your Girlfriend from the 1980s is Grateful for Your Million Dollars.Are Mortgage Rates and High Rents the Catalyst to “Quiet Quitting?”
We have been reading recently about a new life phenomenon called “quiet quitting.” Essentially the concept is that one or both spouses are done with the relationship but neither has
Continue Reading Are Mortgage Rates and High Rents the Catalyst to “Quiet Quitting?”Evaluating Custody Disputes Through Your Child’s Eyes.
Lawyers are a jaundiced lot. Law school is a three year exercise in anticipating what can go wrong whether in a trial or a transaction. The lawyer’s job is to
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