Last Fall brought us a decision from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania holding that a grandparent did not have standing to terminate a Father’s parental rights incident to an adoption.
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Listening to Your Kids During Traumatic Times
There are times when two conversations with two wholly separate individuals causes a person to distill some interesting new thoughts. Earlier this month I had lunch with a woman who
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SCHOOL DAZE: How School Rankings Impact Custody
Last week Newsweek published its annual rankings of America’s Top High Schools. This is a much awaited publication for those with children of that age and it is undoubtedly well
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See The Relocation Undone
An interesting and, yes, published relocation case was decided by the Superior Court on June 15. D.K.D. v. A.L.C. 2016 Pa. Super 123 involved custody of a child, age 8,
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The Do It Yourself Syndrome
There was a time not so long ago when clients would unload their domestic troubles on lawyers like a cord of rotted wood. They might take care in shopping for
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Paternity Wars: M.L. v. J.G.M, 2016 Pa. Super. 1
We live in interesting times. We have recently reported on significant cases discussing who has legal standing to seek custody of a child and whether that “standing” comes with a
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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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SUPREME COURT DECIDES WHEN RULING ON STANDING IS APPEALABLE
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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STEP-PARENTS ASSERTING CUSTODY NEED TO READ THIS BEFORE THEY FILE
In a year when there have been relatively few published opinions and few of those offering much precedential value, the year ends with an important ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme
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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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