Support for Post-Secondary Education In Pennsylvania, the Court cannot require a parent to financially contribute to a child’s college education. A parent is obligated to pay support for a child until he or she turns 18 or graduates from high school, whichever happens latest. At a time, the law indicated that the court could order […]
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 […]
Four Applications That You Should Be Using to Facilitate Co-Parenting Even in the most amicable of divorces, learning how to effectively co-parent your children is not something that comes naturally. When a family goes from being under one roof to being under two, the logistics involved can be overwhelming. Keeping one another in the loop […]
How free the range? How close the helicopter? Prompted by a story gone viral on social media and elsewhere on the Internet out of Silver Spring, Maryland, discussions of what constitutes responsible parenting and when governments ought to involve themselves in it are active in the mainstream press and on main streets throughout the country; […]
Mediation and Collaborative Divorce Divorces can be contentious and lengthy, however, there are non-litigation related methods to resolving a divorce available including mediation and collaborative divorce. These methods are not without their negative attributes, but if a couple is resigned to not using the court system to resolve their divorce proceedings, these routes are viable […]
“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 […]
Resources for Children of Divorce Divorce is emotionally draining, stressful, and is difficult in a multitude of ways for the spouses who are ending their marriage. Divorce can be even more draining, stressful, and more difficult for children of divorce. Even the most well-meaning and amicable parents will encounter difficulties in the context of explaining […]
Child Support After Childhood: The Importance of Working With your Ex to Plan for Your Child’s Future After High School In Pennsylvania, a parent’s obligation to pay child support ceases once the child turns 18 and/or completes high school. Whereas states like New Jersey and New York have Child Support laws that can require parents […]
PA Supreme Court Upholds $10,000 Defense Fund in Custody Agreement In a recently reported case, Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the provision of an agreement whereby a Father agreed to pay to Mother $10,000 every time he filed to contest the parties’ custody agreement. Huss v. Weaver, — A.3d — (2014), 2014 Pa. Super 238. The […]
YOU CAN BET ON IT: Pennsylvania May Soon Require Casinos to Withhold Overdue Child Support There is currently a bill pending in the state legislature to study the feasibility of implementing a program under which past due child support might be withheld from casino winnings. Despite such a program’s obvious benefits to the Commonwealth and […]
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