LaMonaca Law Blogs
- By: Lawrence Welsh
- Divorce, Family Law, Marital Agreements, Non-Traditional Family Law
Beyond Death Do Prenuptial Agreements Part the Assets The law in Pennsylvania has long been favorable to carefully drafted prenuptial agreements, and particularly so when those agreements include full and complete disclosure of both parties’ assets. That position was reinforced in a recent case in which the Superior Court ruled that the definition and identification […]
- By: Alicia Fastman
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Non-Traditional Family Law
Back to School: How Much Does Your Child’s Teacher Really Need to Know? When a couple gets divorced, the children are affected in one way or another depending largely on the level of conflict between the parties. Children often feel the need to say and do things to please their parents, and it is sometimes […]
- By: Christopher Casserly
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law, International Family Law, Marital Agreements, No Fault Divorce, Non-Traditional Family Law, Support
The Blame Game: How Courts Deal With Marital Misconduct Following last week’s leak of user information for the clandestine dating website AshleyMadison.com, the topic of infidelity has dominated headlines. Much has been written about the anticipated surge in divorce cases following the release of 32 million users’ e-mail addresses, which has many asking whether or […]
- By: Melissa Towsey
- Divorce, Family Law, No Fault Divorce, Non-Traditional Family Law
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 […]
- By: Lawrence Welsh
- Divorce, Family Law, Marital Agreements, Non-Traditional Family Law
When is a Pre or Post-Nuptial Agreement the Best Wedding Gift? When long-term, same-sex couples finally marry, the best gift they can give to each other may be a pre or post-nuptial agreement. The more cynical and unflattering view of pre and post nuptial agreements is that they represent one or both parties hedging a […]
- By: Alicia Fastman
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Non-Traditional Family Law
Co-parent Counseling Many custody cases involve co-parent counseling, whether it is agreed upon by the parties or ordered by the Court. But, what is co-parent counseling? This form of counseling is designed to assist parents in developing better communication skills and developing parenting skills separate and apart from those learned and practiced by those in […]
- By: Christopher Casserly
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Non-Traditional Family Law, Support
Social Media Evidence In the last decade, social media has exploded from a college dorm-room time killer into an omnipresent and all-encompassing billion dollar industry. Check-ins, status updates, comments, and tweets are not just used to tell friends and family what you’re up to on a given day. All of this data that we put […]
- By: Melissa Towsey
- Divorce, Family Law, Marital Agreements, No Fault Divorce, Non-Traditional Family Law
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. […]
- By: Lawrence Welsh
- Divorce, Family Law, International Family Law, Non-Traditional Family Law
At the Intersection of Immigration and Family Law Given the increasing incidence in our practice of cases involving international couples, we took note yesterday when the United States Supreme Court appeared at the intersection of immigration and family law. At least in the case of Fauzia Din, announced yesterday by Justice Scalia, the Court gave […]
- By: Alicia Fastman
- Divorce, Family Law, No Fault Divorce, Non-Traditional Family Law
Reasons for Divorce: How Many Cats are Too Many Cats? People file for divorce for many different reasons, some stranger than others. Maybe one spouse meets someone new, maybe a couple simply drifts apart, or maybe one spouse adopts 550 cats. There are bizarre and hard to believe stories from all over the globe accounting […]
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