Today a news outlet called NJ.com reported a recent 37 page decision by a New Jersey trial court adjudicating the question of whether a Father had legal authority to stop
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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)
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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REQUIEM FOR PARENTAL COORDINATION IN PENNSYLVANIA
My colleague Aaron Weems has already reported that late last month the Pennsylvania Supreme Court put an end to what was a five year experiment with court appointed ombudsmen tasked to …
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TOO MUCH MONEY FOR TOO LITTLE FIGHT
It was Monday morning in Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The daily “list” of special relief petitions had almost thirty matters on it for disposition. The good news was that ten of them…
JUST HOW DO TRIALS WORK?
Having been through a spate of trials and hearings over the past few months, it has come to our attention that many clients have little familiarity with how courtrooms actually …