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The Sloppy World Of Contempt Proceedings
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We have written before about the subject of when and how a person can be in “contempt” of a court order. The word itself is riddled with often misunderstood meaning. …
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C.A.J. v. D.S.M. A Mixed Due Process Message
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My colleague Aaron Weems reported this case on April 12. In the spirit of our U.S. Supreme Court, I offer the following concurrence with his blog but spirited dissent from…
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Superior Court Revisits Huss v. Weaver but Makes No Change to the Panel Decision
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On September 28, 2014 Aaron Weems posted a blog in which he reported on a panel Decision of the Superior Court holding that a Father’s contractual undertaking to pay $10,000…
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SUPREME COURT DECIDES WHEN RULING ON STANDING IS APPEALABLE
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In our haste to report on last week’s Pennsylvania Supreme Court case on support duties of non-parents, we overlooked another case decided on December 21, clarifying when an order conferring…
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A TRANSCRIPT DOES NOT A CUSTODY ORDER MAKE; R.L.P. v. R.F.M, 2015 Pa. Super. 29 (2/11/15)
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Superior Court appeals relating to child custody are supposed to be “fast tracked” in recognition of the fact that in the life of a child, a year is a long…
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THE CHALLENGE OF DUELING JURISDICTIONS IN CHILD CUSTODY CASES
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A recent published decision issued on November 7 addressed the question of how a Pennsylvania Court is to act when a Court of another state refuses to relinquish jurisdiction. The …
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SUPERIOR COURT CLARIFIES WHAT MATERIAL CAN BE SECURED FROM AN EXPERT WITNESS FILE
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As lawyers we are commonly asked to forecast judicial outcomes. What will a court do given a stated set of facts? Of course, it is rare for facts to be …
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GAY EQUALITY IN CUSTODY CASES CONFIRMED AS PENNSYLVANIA LAW
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Over the course of the past generation, our society has begun to recognize that sexual orientation has nothing to do with a person’s merit as a worker, a parent, or …
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THE WAIT IS OVER:EXPEDITED APPEALS PROCESS FOR CASES INVOLVING CHILDREN
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Appeals to the Pennsylvania Superior Court and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court can delay the final disposition of a matter for well over a year or more beyond a trial court’s …
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