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QUESTION: “What are the most common financial mistakes people make during a divorce?” Your divorce agreement will help determine your future financial security. Our divorce attorneys have listed ten of the most common financial mistakes made by divorcing spouses and tell you how to avoid these mistakes. Looking for more Information? Download our FREE Guide […]

QUESTION: Are there any particular tax issues I should be concerned about now that I’m getting a divorce? Benjamin Franklin said that nothing can be certain except death and taxes.  As you go through your divorce, you will face a lot of uncertainty. Careful planning can help ensure that your taxes aren’t part of that […]

Child custody can often engender highly contentious debate when it comes time to decide who will have custody of the child or children.

A case decided in January by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court highlights a practical issue for many divorced parents with shared custody arrangements. As reported in The Legal Intelligencer, the case of Watts v. Manheim Township School District involved divorced parents who resided two miles apart in the same school district and shared equal custody time […]

An issue that often comes up in cases where one spouse suspects the other of hiding assets or income is the related suspicion of extra business activities. For example, your spouse might have a day job, but you also suspect him or her of moonlighting at some side business. Depending on how much activity you […]

When spouses get divorced, often one of the largest issues, if not the largest, is what happens to the marital home that is jointly titled in both spouses’ names. While there is the option of keeping it in both names after the divorce, this is ill-advised and almost never happens in practice. Instead, the goal […]

QUESTION:  “Who gets primary parenting rights?” Divorce involves making big decisions. Perhaps the biggest and most difficult of these decisions is “Who will raise the kids?” There are two ways that this decision can be made. You and your ex can choose a custody arrangement together, or a judge can choose for you. In 90 […]

QUESTION: Who has to pay child support? My ex-wife and our two kids have moved in with her boyfriend. Do I still have to pay alimony and child support? When will my child support end? Who has to pay child support in Pennsylvania? If you have a child, you have a duty to support that […]

QUESTION: “At what age can my child choose where to live?” Children can never decide a custody case. If parents can’t agree on where a child will live, the decision is left up to the courts. The courts will consider the wishes of the child as well as 15 other custody factors. Considerations When a […]

QUESTION: My partner and I have two children but were never married. How are child custody and child support decided when dealing with children of unwed parents?”  According to a 2012 ABC News Report, more than 25 percent of children are born to couples who are in a committed relationship, but are not married. When […]