My New Jersey colleague Eric Solotoff just published in our sister blog about a recent Appellate Division case from that state where a relocation case was remanded for lack of
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Relocation in the Age of On-Line Relationships.
One of the least pleasant tasks to lawyers who do custody work is advising the client that a planned relocation to support a new intimate relationship may not get off…
Continue Reading Relocation in the Age of On-Line Relationships.Relocation Prompted by “Abuse” May Obviate Relocation Notice
Moyer v. Moyer, a non-precedential decision issued by the Superior Court on November 20 discusses the challenging question of whether a parent can relocate without notice in a setting where…
Continue Reading Relocation Prompted by “Abuse” May Obviate Relocation NoticeAN APPEALING APPROACH TO AN ABBREVIATED TRIAL
The ruling in C.T. v. A.W.T. is non-precedential but instructive nonetheless. It’s a relocation decision out of Philadelphia County involving a six-year-old child. The single sex relationship resulting in the…
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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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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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RELOCATION CONTINUES TO FALTER IN THE WAKE OF PENNSYLVANIA’S 2011 CUSTODY STATUTE.
We have written on this subject before reporting a Superior Court decision earlier this year that put a new focus on benefit to the children as a condition to successfully …
Continue Reading RELOCATION CONTINUES TO FALTER IN THE WAKE OF PENNSYLVANIA’S 2011 CUSTODY STATUTE.
RELOCATION NARROWLY CONSTRUED IN A NEW SUPERIOR COURT OPINION
Since the new custody statute and relocation provisions came into effect in 2011 we have had only one reported decision analyzing the statute. E..D. v. M.P. 2011 WL 5392990. That changed on Tuesday with the publication of CMK v. KEM, a case decided by the Superior Court affirming a Mercer County decision denying relocation.Continue Reading RELOCATION NARROWLY CONSTRUED IN A NEW SUPERIOR COURT OPINION
THE RULES CHANGE IN THE RELOCATION GAME
We have previously noted that there are few cases more vexing than those involving one parent deciding to leave this state with a child and move to another to pursue …