Surrogacy Contracts in Pennsylvania
Recently the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the lower court’s ruling in the case of Baby S., the child conceived by Lamar Sally and celebrity Sherri Shepherd with a gestational carrier. Shepherd has since appealed the case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The legal issues surrounding the parentage of Lamar Sally, Jr. (Baby S.) was a […]
Post-Divorce Recovery: Father and Step-Father walk their daughter down the aisle
Post-Divorce Recovery: Father and Step-Father walk their daughter down the aisle Divorce is never easy. The process of splitting assets and determining custody of children can leave a family in divided. Rebuilding, recovery and moving on to have a happy life, after a divorce, is what we strive to assist our clients with achieving at […]
Emoji Jurisprudence
Emoji Jurisprudence With innovations in technology that allow for less in-person contact, and more through the use of short-hand communication of technological devices, it is inevitable that the language of these contacts would become the subject of the courts in a variety of legal contexts. Emoji, or their predecessors emoticons, are used in a variety […]
Wise Words of a Six Year Old to her Divorced Parents
“I just want everyone to be friends” – the Wise Words of a Six Year Old to her Divorced Parents In a video making its way around the internet, a six-year old girl named Tiana sits her divorced Mother and Father down to make a very simple request of them – she just wants everyone […]
Judge Orders Defendant to Marry his Girlfriend – Or Else.
Judge Orders Defendant to Marry his Girlfriend – Or Else. A judge in Texas recently ordered a man to marry his 19-year old girlfriend or serve fifteen days in jail as part of the terms of his probation. Josten Bundy pled guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge that stemmed from an altercation with an ex-boyfriend […]
New Meaning to a 50-50 divorce
Bringing new meaning to a 50-50 divorce Recently, a German man made headlines for purportedly taking a divorce order to split property quite literally. A You Tube video surfaced that shows the man sawing several items of personal property in half. The items included a car to a computer and even a stuffed teddy bear. […]
Beat the Heat: The Summer Custody Schedule
Beat the Heat: The Summer Custody Schedule The summer is a time for trips to the beach, swimming at the pool, no school, and for many divorced parents, custody battles over the summer schedule. In a little over a month, the summer begins for school-aged children in Pennsylvania. If you have a custody agreement with […]
Serving Divorce Papers Through Facebook
You’ve Been Served: Serving Divorce Papers Through Facebook Earlier this week, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper granted a woman permission to serve divorce papers on her husband through a private Facebook message. The last known address for the husband had been vacated and the post office did not have a forwarding address for him. […]
Deciding your child’s name
Deciding on a child’s name One way that parents express individuality is in the naming of their children. A French judge in the city of Valenciennes, however, recently ruled that a couple was prohibited from naming their child “Nutella” because “it is contrary to the child’s interest to have a name that can only lead […]
PA enacts new law to prevent child abduction
“PA General Assembly Enacts New Law to Prevent Child Abduction” Each year thousands of children are abducted in the United States. Of those abductions, 78% are perpetrated by a family member. In 2014, the Pennsylvania General Assembly enacted the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act (UCAPA) to augment existing legislation intended to prevent child abductions in […]