LaMonaca Law Blogs
- By: Brady Johnson, IV
- Custody, Family Law
I cannot afford a lawyer for my custody case You have decided that you need to go to court for custody of your child. Maybe this decision was made for you because the other side has served you with notice and you have a court date coming up. Maybe you realized that you need a […]
- By: Christopher Casserly
- Divorce, Family Law, Support
My ex just won the Lottery. Can I stop paying alimony now? “Alimony” is a series of monthly maintenance payments made from one former spouse to another for a fixed period of time following entry of a divorce decree. In Pennsylvania, alimony is often characterized as a “secondary” form of relief, available to a dependent […]
- By: Alyssa LaMonaca
- Family Law, PFA
PFA COURTS HAVE WIDE DISCRETION Can a party be evicted from his or her home as a result of a Protection From Abuse hearing, despite the other party not requesting eviction in the PFA petition? What if the evicted party already had possession of the home through a marriage settlement agreement? On July 8, 2019, […]
- By: Alicia Fastman
- Divorce, Family Law
Summer is Peak Divorce Season Summer is a time for fun, relaxation, and vacations. It is also peak season for divorces. During the summer, children are home from school, families are vacationing, and married couples are spending more time together. If there are issues in a marriage, they tend to worsen when the parties spend […]
- By: Alicia Fastman
- Divorce, Family Law, No Fault Divorce
Pennsylvania Marriage and Divorce Statistics The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued their report on Marriage and Divorce Statistics for 2018. The report sets forth various statistics relating to divorce in the Commonwealth including marriages and divorces/annulments statewide, by county, and by duration of marriage. In 2018, there were 70,954 new marriages and 33,412 divorces and […]
- By: Jennifer Lemanowicz
- Divorce, Family Law, Marital Agreements
THE $38 BILLION BEZOS DIVORCE The world’s most expensive divorce settlement is likely to be finalized later this week as Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos’ divorce settlement is expected any day now. The couple announced their divorce in January after 25 years of marriage and four children. As part of the settlement, MacKenzie Bezos will get […]
- By: Patrick Dempsey
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Non-Traditional Family Law, PFA
Don’t Press Send How many times have you regretted hitting the send button for an e-mail, text, Facebook post, tweet, or any other social media post or message? We have all done it many times, you have probably done it a few times already today. We’ve then had to spend the time explaining what we […]
- By: Lawrence Welsh
- Custody, Family Law, Non-Traditional Family Law, Support
Not a Father of twin Children, but the Child of Twin Fathers Recent news of a case decided in Brazil sheds an interesting light on the ongoing development of child support law, as affected by both modern developments in genetic science and old fashioned chicanery. The subject appears in this space as part of the […]
- By: Brady Johnson, IV
- Family Law, Support
Child Support Process Are you tired of bearing the entire financial burden of your child? Could you use some child support to help? Do you need child support for your child? Are you entitled to child support? Are you paying child support and need it adjusted? Have you just been served with child support papers […]
- By: Lawrence Welsh
- Family Law, Support
You Can’t Run Away from Your Child Support In a case recently reported from California, a woman received $150,000 in child support payments some 50 years after her separation from the child’s father. The woman had filed for child support when the child was two years old and she obtained a court order for the […]
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