James W Cushing

September 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania heard a matter of first impression regarding the distribution of frozen embryos in a divorce in the matter of Reber v. Reiss, 2012 Pa. Super. 86 (2012).

By James W. Cushing

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July 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

In January 2011, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a new statute regarding child custody. Since its passage, Pennsylvania courts have attempted to navigate its new provisions when applying it to the various custody cases that have come before them.

By James W. Cushing

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April 02, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recently the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed amendments to Pennsylvania's adoption statutes, found in 23 Pa.C.S. Section 2731 et seq, regarding post-adoption contact agreements.

By James W. Cushing

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October 19, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A recent case decided by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, G.V. v. Department of Public Welfare, 125 C.D. 2011 (Pa.Cmwlth. 2012), has profoundly changed the burden of proof necessary to have someone listed on the ChildLine and Abuse Registry (ChildLine) as a perpetrator of child abuse.

By James W. Cushing

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March 30, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

It might seem obvious that one of the primary criteria used to determine whether an individual is eligible for unemployment compensation is for that individual to have been actually employed by the perceived employer he was working for before his/her separation from said perceived employer.

By James W. Cushing Special to the Legal

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