Changes to the Practice of Family Law The advancement of both information technology and medical science continues to shape the practice of family law, and the future of that practice will likely be far different from its past and much of its present. The increasing presence in the marketplace of Legal Zoom and other purveyors […]
Grounds for Fault Divorce While “fault” divorces in Pennsylvania are rare due to the availability of “no-fault” divorce, it is still possible, where necessary, to establish grounds for divorce through a hearing to allow a party to move forward in advance of the expiration of the 2-year waiting period associated with no-fault divorce without consent. […]
Help Ease the Transitions of Divorce by Using the Family Pet In a previous post, Melissa Towsey explores the question of what happens to a family’s pet in a divorce proceeding. In Pennsylvania, the short answer to that question is simple: pets are treated as property and a such they will be allocated as a […]
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. […]
I Want My Pillow Back: Dividing Personal Property in Divorce A husband and a wife separate, and she moves out of the marital residence into a new apartment. Husband, by virtue of remaining in the marital home, has the vast majority of the parties’ personal property. The parties owned two expensive memory foam pillows, and […]
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 […]
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