By Lizzy McLellan | September 25, 2017
Caleb Bissett didn't just abandon his clients, but was a no-show at proceedings in his own divorce, the state disciplinary board found.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 22, 2017
While Pennsylvania had jurisdiction over the parties' two children who lived in North Carolina with their mother, the court declined to exercise jurisdiction over this custody dispute because North Carolina, where the children received significant medical care, was the more appropriate forum. The court granted mother's preliminary objection.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 22, 2017
The court dismissed a defendant's counterclaim for intentional infliction of emotional distress where the harassing and annoying conduct, including text messages, a frivolous lawsuit, and third-party contacts, did not constitute outrageous conduct.
By Carolyn R. Mirabile | September 21, 2017
Often when clients hire an attorney they believe their issues are so difficult, they will most likely end up in court. But attorneys can provide alternatives to their clients. One such alternative for complex divorce or support issues is private arbitration. This alternative to court can be extremely beneficial to clients in a divorce.
By Lizzy McLellan | September 19, 2017
Tiffany Palmer, a founding partner of Jerner & Palmer, will direct the national LGBT Family Law Institute.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 19, 2017
Trial court properly held that elderly parents had no legal obligation to pay for their severely autistic adult son's care in appellant's Pennsylvania facility after New Jersey department of disabilities ceased paying because the services were not rendered to parents personally, they never contracted to pay for the services, New Jersey had the most significant contacts in the controversy and the New Jersey filial support law applied, and parents experienced no personal enrichment so appellant's quantum meruit claim failed. Affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 19, 2017
The court ordered mother to return the parties' minor children to Pennsylvania after she made an unannounced relocation to Texas. The court granted father's motion for a change in custody.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 12, 2017
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer has announced the selection of seven counties to participate in a program designed to support abused and neglected children.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 12, 2017
Trial court properly found that the current placement goal of reunification was not appropriate or feasible, ordered agency to file a petition for termination of parental rights and substantially reduced mother's visitation because mother had been incarcerated for endangering the welfare of an older child. Affirmed.
By Kathleen Creamer and John Pollock | September 11, 2017
As attorneys who represented amici in the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court case In re L.B.M., we write to respond to the June 26, public interest column describing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision in that case, ("Providing a Voice for the Child in Court"). With respect for our colleagues at the Support Center for Child Advocates, we believe that this column understates both the breadth and the clarity of the court's holding in that case.
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