On April 30, 2019, the Superior Court published a panel decision related to a retirement benefit divided in divorce. This wasn’t just any pension, but one established for a Pennsylvania
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FINANCIAL INFIDELITY: Don’t Let Your Spouse Make You A Victim.
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As part of National Public Radio’s morning edition report for April 29, 2019, business correspondent Yuki Noguchi reported on a phenomenon we have witnessed, financial infidelity. Ours is an age…
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SEPARATION & SOCIAL MEDIA: MANAGING THE ANNOUNCEMENT
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At the risk of appearing obsessed, I write a second time about the separation of Jeff and Makenzie Bezos. This time my subject is again borrowed from the Wall Street …
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ALIMONY ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE AN UNTIMELY DEATH
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As this is written, the House and Senate this week are scheduled to vote upon a conference report of both houses of Congress which will “reform” tax law in a…
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Observations On Mediation
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There is a world of information on the internet. That includes a huge number of websites professing to advise you about divorce. And among the topics often discussed on these…
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`Tis the Season?
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When this writer first began to practice matrimonial law in 1982, the period after November 1 of each year could be termed the “Quiet Time.” In those days, once Halloween…
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The Do It Yourself Syndrome
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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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SUPPORT ARREARAGES SURVIVE THE DEATH OF THE PAYOR
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Recently the Superior Court considered a case in which a party died during the pendency of a support action. In the divorce case for Moser v. Ronald R. Renninger, et …
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SERVING DIVORCE PAPERS VIA FACEBOOK
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Facebook continues its march towards recognition as a stable and reliable mode of legal publication and evidentiary source with a recent decision by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper’s ruling …
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THE MOST UNASKED QUESTION; IS THIS A FIGHT WORTH HAVING?
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In most instances, people who take the time to visit a website like this are either enmeshed in domestic relations problems or trying to be supportive of those who are. …
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