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PA Superior Court Affirms Enforcement of Post-Nuptial Agreement

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Over the years the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld a trial court’s decision to enforce a post-nuptial agreement. An often-cited case is from 2013. This case involved an agreement between two spouses who had been married for thirteen years and contemplated divorce. It outlined the parties’ economic rights and included a provision that the wife would […]

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New Jersey Court Hears Argument on Children’s Last Names Post-Divorce

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Recent oral arguments at the New Jersey Supreme Court focused on children’s last names after divorce, as reported by the Legal Intelligencer on March 15, 2013. According to the Intelligencer, lawyers debated whether a child should receive her mother’s last name if she lives primarily with the mother after divorce. In the case, Emma v. […]

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How to Protect Your Pennsylvania Business During a Divorce

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You are ending your marriage. Everything about your family and personal life is about to change. As you take the necessary steps to dissolve your marriage and protect your personal finances it is important to also take the necessary steps to protect your Pennsylvania business if you don’t want your professional life and future income […]

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Is the Pennsylvania Divorce Rate Really on the Rise?

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We often hear how more couples are divorcing than ever before, but is it true in Pennsylvania? According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health: 35,610 couples divorced or had their marriages annulled in 2011.* That is the highest number of Pennsylvania divorces and annulments since 2005. Yet, the number of Pennsylvania divorces and annulments in […]

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Superior Court Affirms Standard of Review

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In an opinion filed in December 2012, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed its prior holding as to the standard of review of parenting coordinators’ decisions in custody cases. Parenting coordinators are individuals whom the court appoints to aid enforcement of custody orders. After the court enters an order for legal and/or physical custody, the court […]

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PA Court Holds that Support Order is Modifiable due to Parkinson’s Disease

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A recent Pennsylvania case featured two ex-spouses who disagreed whether the husband was entitled to a modification of their existing support order. In the case, Windley v. Schwarz, the spouses were divorced in New Hampshire and thereafter agreed to a uniform support order. Under the agreed upon order, the husband was to pay the wife […]

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Ways to Deal with the New School Year

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Classes have started back up again in most schools throughout the Philadelphia area. The start of a new school year is always exciting, but when you are divorced, you are likely to feel some degree of stress. You may wonder, for example, if the current custody schedule will work, or you may not trust that […]

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Is $400,000 per Month in Child Support a Lot? It Depends.

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Details of Katie Holmes’ and Tom Cruise’s divorce settlement recently surfaced, highlighting the fact that support payments have to be viewed in relation to a number of other factors. According to this article, Holmes will receive $400,000 per month for 12 years in child support under the settlement. She will not receive any spousal support […]

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Essay Contemplates Equal Custody Time as the Norm

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An essay recently published online makes an interesting argument that the law should presume that divorcing parents should get equal custody time with their children. The idea has been floating around for some time, but no state has adopted it. In most states, including Pennsylvania, if the parents cannot come to an out-of-court settlement, the […]

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Women are Paying More Child and Spousal Support

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The tables have turned in one important area of divorce law – more and more women are paying child and spousal support instead of receiving them. It is not uncommon for women to earn more than their husbands, and as a result, they end up owing support. A survey conducted this spring showed that the […]

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