Issues that are unique to divorce after age 65 generally involve the difficulty of recovering financially when divorce happens so late in life, the emotional loss after decades of marriage, and the loss of a lifelong caregiver while aging. Many couples are without a formal plan for
Read more →Generally, in Pennsylvania, if a parent has a child support obligation, it is memorialized in a Court Order through the State Child Support system, or PACSES. This Court Order (“Order”) is in writing and becomes the obligation of the paying party (the Obligor) to make regular payments
Read more →When couples divorce and one or both spouses own one or more business interests, they must turn to valuation experts to perform valuations of those business interests. The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the complexity of performing these valuations. This article will discuss several of the key
Read more →1. Get accurate health and safety information. Perhaps the single most important way to assist your families and children is to ensure that you have access to accurate information about how the virus spreads and effective health and safety protocols. All parents should be on top of
Read more →This blog was originally written to create an awareness. Parents often overlook summer plans for children during divorce. Currently due to Covid-19 we have children with both plans that were overlooked as well as many summer programs closing for summer 2020, leaving families without plans. However, some
Read more →Traditionally, Civil Courts (County and State Courts in Pennsylvania, as well as Federal Courts) have been reluctant to enforce religious contracts in their Courts, because of Constitutional issues surrounding the First Amendment separation of Church and State. In the area of Family Law, and specifically in discussing,
Read more →Pennsylvania law requires that child support be awarded pursuant to statewide guidelines, which is simply a formula to calculate a parent’s share of basic child support. The guidelines, which can be found at Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1910.16-2 through 1910.16-7, are suggested amounts of support, based
Read more →Well the short answer is, it depends. Not so helpful, right? If there were a simple answer, you’d be clicking on a link, running your analysis and we’d be done here. Unfortunately, it’s not that straightforward. The Divorce Code in Pennsylvania (23 Pa. C.S. Section 3101, et
Read more →It is unusual for divorce not to cause disruption to previous made financial plans for maintaining long term financial viability. But the loss of a partner due to divorce can be particularly disruptive to long term care plans for each other, regardless of how well resourced the
Read more →The holidays can feel overwhelming for anyone, but for people divorced, separating, or moving through a divorce process, the stress of the holidays can feel even more untenable. Frequent issues may arise including: How will the children respond when we are not celebrating together Changed relationships with
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