We’ve reported on the United States v. Elonis in the past. This case involved a Northampton County man who made a series of threats on his Facebook page directed
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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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SUPREME COURT TO TAKE UP SAME-SEX MARRIAGE? SIXTH CIRCUIT DECISION SETS UP APPEAL
TWENTY DOLLARS UP OR FOUR DOLLARS DOWN? The New Support Guidelines Bring Significant Changes To High Income Cases.
The Pennsylvania Rules of Court are a slender little 1,500 page volume published a couple of times a year. One of the subjects covered by the rules is the support
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DOMA AND THE CONSTITUTION
June 27, 2013. Yesterday was a landmark day in America. The United States Supreme Court ruled that a statute passed by a large majority of both houses of Congress (by
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DOMA is Unconstitutional
The United States Supreme Court issued their decision on gay marriage earlier today. The Court ruled on California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage and the 1996 federal Defense of
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State Law Can Not Fix Ex-Wife’s Receipt of Insurance Proceeds
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Whenever a case concludes after a Marital Settlement Agreement is reached or an Equitable Distribution Order is issued, it is standard practice for
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