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Returning to Normal When Using Joint Custody Schedules
As our community changes from red to yellow to green many families are faced with how to guide their children to proceed. This becomes more compounded when a child has a two-family household system. To increase the confusion there is no rule book on how to navigate...
Online Dispute Resolution is a Viable Option for Family Law Matters
The coronavirus pandemic and social distancing protocols mandated by state and county governments have forced us to explore new ways to assist clients with legal issues related to separation and divorce, custody and support. The challenges of COVID-19 have thrust Zoom...
COVID-19 Challenges Aging Plan Assumptions in Divorce after Age 65
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...
Loss of Employment and Support Obligations in Pennsylvania
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...
How COVID-19 is Affecting Business Valuations for Divorces
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...
6 Tips for Better Co-Parenting During COVID-19
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...
But What About Summer Custody Now and in the Future
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...
The Enforcement of Islamic & Jewish Marriage Contacts & Agreements in Civil Courts in Pennsylvania
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...
What is Included in a Child Support Order?
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...
Alimony — How Much and How Long?
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...