The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael E. Bertin | October 17, 2022
The decision of whether to allow a child to receive any vaccination is a legal custody decision. When the parties reach an impasse regarding a legal custody decision, the trial court is the tie breaker.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Mason Lawlor | October 17, 2022
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted the Office of Disciplinary Counsel's recommendation to suspend an attorney for one year after he made unwanted sexual advances toward a client and botched her child custody case.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Megan A. DelVecchio | October 13, 2022
In a majority of custody cases, both parents share legal custody of their children. Legal custody in Pennsylvania is defined as the right to make major decisions on behalf of a child, including education decisions. If parents disagree on where their children should attend school, they can seek the court's intervention.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | October 3, 2022
"Max Baer helped to change the culture on the court throughout his time as a justice," Duquesne University President Ken Gormley said. "His most important legacy is his belief in the importance of collegiality and leaving all remnants of politics behind in serving on the judiciary."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Madeline Manion | September 26, 2022
Along with trying to dismiss the expert's report and testimony, Timothy Beggs, the father of the child, who was only referred to in the opinion as S.B., had argued that the trial court failed to fully address the best interest of the child in making its determination.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By James W. Cushing | September 26, 2022
In the matter of Goodwin v. Goodwin, 70 MAP 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has helped clarify what constitutes divisible marital property in the context of divorce.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Carolyn R. Mirabile | September 22, 2022
The most common problem in an agreement relates to the financial disclosure of the parties. Clients never quite know how much financial disclosure is required and how to actually disclose their assets. The obvious assets aren't always so easy to identify and clients are more often than not reluctant to disclose everything believing that somehow the other side won't find out.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Elizabeth Pride | September 16, 2022
Understanding the limited housing and legal landscape that survivors face, and the flexibility needed to support decisions that impact safety, can go a long way to protect survivors and their children.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael E. Bertin | August 15, 2022
The bedrock of prenuptial agreements and marital settlement agreements in family law is the full and fair financial disclosure provided by each party. The seminal case regarding the issue of disclosure is Simeone v. Simeone, 581 A.2d 162 (Pa. 1990). The recent case of Zabrosky v. Smithhower-Zabrosky, 273 A.3d 1108 (Pa. Super. 2022), addresses a number of interesting issues pertaining to marital settlement agreements.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | August 10, 2022
The issues posed by the defendants focus on the urgency of the immunity question and the Superior Court's authority to address it.
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