If you are a victim of domestic violence, and if the courthouse is closed, you are still able to obtain a Protection from Abuse Order. A hearing officer is available to receive petitions for PFAs from when the courthouse closes each day until it opens the next morning, from Friday at closing until Monday morning, […]
There was a case of interest recently reported in which one party to a divorce settlement (wife) asked the court to reopen the settlement, seeking to change the settlement terms. It is interesting, at least in part, because the one seeking to re-open the case and change the settlement agreement received some $15 million dollars in the settlement. […]
Unfortunately, when a relationship ends and there are children involved, it sometimes means that the grandparents are also affected. At the Law Office of Gregory P. LaMonaca, P.C. we defend the rights of grandparents in Pennsylvania who wish to seek visitation or custody of their grandchildren. Even if the parents cannot get along, the children […]
Holiday Schedules and Custody: How You and Your Ex Can Each Continue to Make Memories One important issue that can sometimes be overlooked in working out a custodial schedule with your ex-spouse is where the children will spend holidays. Oftentimes it’s not enough to simply put a schedule into place and let the birthdays, holidays, Mother’s […]
Statistically, divorce is something that around half of the population in the United States will deal with at some point. If you include all of the people and family members that are affected in some way by a divorce, that number gets higher. Whether it was you that initiated the divorce or your spouse, there are a […]
Family Law is one of the most challenging areas of practice in the legal field. It is an emotionally charged, deadline driven, fast-paced field, which requires our team to adapt constantly and change according to the circumstances at hand. Emotions are always soaring in these cases, but for me, child abductions across international borders are the most […]
Ant-Man I was watching Ant-Man with my 11 year old son and the scene comes up where Scott, the father, shows up uninvited to his daughter’s birthday party. He gets to see his daughter for a couple of minutes, but is put out of the birthday party and told by her mother: Get an apartment. […]
In the past decade, social media has exploded from a college campus time-killer into a billion dollar industry. Check-ins, status updates, comments, and tweets are not just being used to tell friends and family what you’re up to on a given day. All of this data being generated by smartphone users is collected by companies […]
If you are a United States’ citizen, you are eligible for a passport; however, under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1997, if you owe $2,500.00 or more in child support arrears, you will be denied a passport until the balance is addressed. The government can, under the PRWORA, revoke, restrict, or limit […]
Last October, Billy Flynn Gadbois, a divorced father of two boys, wrote a Facebook post about how he woke up early to buy flowers, cards and breakfast ingredients so his kids could surprise their mom, his ex-wife, on her birthday. Within the post, Gadbois went on to explain his actions by stating he is raising “two little […]
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