Skip to content

menu

HomeAboutResourcesContact
Fox Rothschild LLP logo
Subscribe
Search
Close

Pennsylvania Family Law

Updates, Events & Useful Tips Surrounding Family Law Issues

Superior Court

Subscribe to Superior Court

Same Sex Common Law Marriage Established by Superior Court

By Aaron Weems on April 22, 2017

Since the striking down of the Defense of Marriage Act by the United States Supreme Court, many state courts have been trying to fill in the legal vacuum created between…
Continue Reading Same Sex Common Law Marriage Established by Superior Court

Superior Court: Civil Unions Can Be Dissolved in Family Courts

By Aaron Weems on December 28, 2016

In what some may construe as an effort by the Pennsylvania Superior Court to salvage something positive out of 2016, an Opinion was issued today which effectively opens Pennsylvania’s family…
Continue Reading Superior Court: Civil Unions Can Be Dissolved in Family Courts

C.A.J. v. D.S.M. A Mixed Due Process Message

By Mark Ashton on April 14, 2016

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…
Continue Reading C.A.J. v. D.S.M. A Mixed Due Process Message

Superior Court Revisits Huss v. Weaver but Makes No Change to the Panel Decision

By Mark Ashton on February 8, 2016

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…
Continue Reading Superior Court Revisits Huss v. Weaver but Makes No Change to the Panel Decision

A TRANSCRIPT DOES NOT A CUSTODY ORDER MAKE; R.L.P. v. R.F.M, 2015 Pa. Super. 29 (2/11/15)

By Mark Ashton on March 9, 2015

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…
Continue Reading A TRANSCRIPT DOES NOT A CUSTODY ORDER MAKE; R.L.P. v. R.F.M, 2015 Pa. Super. 29 (2/11/15)

SUPERIOR COURT AFFIRMS THAT MASTER’S RECOMMENDATION IS STILL JUST A RECOMMENDATION

By Aaron Weems on January 5, 2015

The process of equitable distribution is multi-stage, often involving one or more conferences with a “master” specifically assigned to the case and who is an expert in equitable distribution. The…
Continue Reading SUPERIOR COURT AFFIRMS THAT MASTER’S RECOMMENDATION IS STILL JUST A RECOMMENDATION

SUPERIOR COURT CLARIFIES WHEN CUSTODY FACTORS MUST BE EVALUATED

By Mark Ashton on July 21, 2014

We are slowly observing some flesh of judicial precedent applied to the bones of the custody stature enacted by the General Assembly and made effective in January, 2011.  A recent…
Continue Reading SUPERIOR COURT CLARIFIES WHEN CUSTODY FACTORS MUST BE EVALUATED

A PAGE TURNER OPINION FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY REMINDS US OF WHAT IS AND ISN’T RELEVANT IN A CUSTODY CASE

By Mark Ashton on April 1, 2014

One of the most difficult concepts for lay persons to understand in the law is the rule stating that only relevant evidence is admissible in judicial proceedings.  The concept would …
Continue Reading A PAGE TURNER OPINION FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY REMINDS US OF WHAT IS AND ISN’T RELEVANT IN A CUSTODY CASE

ASSET OR INCOME; THE DISABILITY POLICY CONUNDRUM

By Mark Ashton on January 8, 2014

Since the inception of equitable distribution in Pennsylvania on July 1, 1980 the law has consistently been that courts have power to divide marital property.  With certain exceptions for gifts…
Continue Reading ASSET OR INCOME; THE DISABILITY POLICY CONUNDRUM

Trial Court Must Conduct De Novo Hearings for Parent Coordination Appeals

By Aaron Weems on January 24, 2013

Pennsylvania formalized the use of Parent Coordinators in custody cases several years ago when the Superior Court’s rendered their 2008 opinion in the case of Yates v. Yates. As…

Continue Reading Trial Court Must Conduct De Novo Hearings for Parent Coordination Appeals

Pennsylvania Family Law

The Fox Legal Network
Fox Rothschild LLP logo
Follow Us on Twitter Subscribe to this blog via RSS View Our LinkedIn Profile
Privacy NoticeTerms of Use

About Our Firm

Fox Rothschild LLP is a national law firm of 950 attorneys in offices throughout the United States. We’ve been serving clients for more than a century, and we’ve been climbing the ranks of the nation’s largest firms for many years, according to both The Am Law 100 and The National Law Journal.

Read More About Our Firm

Categories

Archives

Copyright © 2022, Fox Rothschild LLP. All Rights Reserved. Attorney Advertising.
Law blog design & platform by LexBlog LexBlog Logo

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. By continuing to browse our website you consent to our use of cookies as set forth in our Cookie Policy. Learn More

I Agree