Family Law

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Dependent on Child Support in Dependency

    By James W. Cushing | June 29, 2017

    It is widely known that it is public policy is to ensure children receive the support they need from their parents. In the vast majority of cases, a child support obligation terminates when a child reaches the age of majority (age 18) or graduates from high school, whichever is later, however, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in the recent matter of Somerset County Children and Youth Services v. H.B.R., 155 A.3d 627 (Pa. Super. 2017), has addressed the atypical situation when a child reaches the age of majority yet still remains subject to a dependency order.

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Transgender Name Change Case Hinges on Child's Best Interest

    By Michael Booth | June 28, 2017

    A New Jersey judge has ruled in a case of first impression that the best interest of the child standard should apply when a transgender minor is seeking to have his or her name legally changed to more accurately reflect the gender identity.

  • Daily Report Online

    Lori Anderson, Senior Staff Attorney, Atlanta Legal Aid Society

    By Adina Solomon | June 28, 2017

    Practice Profile: Anderson represents domestic violence victims in family law cases, especially those involving custody and child support. She also does…

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    NJ Lawmakers Seek to Sanction Surrogacy Agreements—Again

    By Michael Booth | June 27, 2017

    Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey are once again trying to enact legislation—already vetoed twice by Republican Gov. Chris Christie—that would permit legally binding gestational carrier agreements.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Support Order Based on Evidence Outside of Record Vacated

    By Michael E. Bertin | June 27, 2017

    Within the last five years, the issue of evidence outside of the record being considered by the trial court was raised in an appeal from a custody order in CMP v. MP, 54 A.3 950 (Pa. Super. 212)). Recently, the case of Johnson v. Johnson, 153 A.3 318 (Pa. Super. 2016), was decided and the vacating and remanding of the order was based on a similar reasoning.

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    Judges Freed From Dads' Challenge to NJ Custody Laws

    By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 27, 2017

    A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of several New Jersey judges from a lawsuit brought by fathers challenging the constitutionality of the state's child custody laws.

  • Daily Business Review

    Ex-Miami-Dade Magistrate Rosenbaum Joins Salmon & Dulberg

    By Catherine Wilson | June 27, 2017

    Margaret Rosenbaum retired this year after serving 12 years as a magistrate handling complex cases in the family division.

  • The Recorder

    Pavan v. Smith

    By therecorder | The Recorder | June 26, 2017

    U.S. Sup. Ct.; 16-992 The U.S. Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari. The court held that the State of Arkansas improperly denied same-sex…

  • New York Law Journal

    Ruling Imputing Income to Part-Time NY Lawyer Upheld

    By Jason Grant | June 23, 2017

    A Manhattan judge properly imputed income in a divorce to an Ivy League-educated wife who stopped full-time lawyering in 1999, since she maintained her law license, engaged in professional activities and did consulting work, an appeals court has ruled.

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    SAM v. KSM, PICS Case No. 17-0936 (C.P. Lycoming May 30, 2017) McCoy, J. (10 pages).

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017

    Husband's failure to make minimum monthly payments on an equitable distribution award constituted contempt, and wife was entitled to judgment for total unpaid installments, plus attorney fees. The issue of double-dipping from the same resource to pay support and the property division payments could have been addressed by a modification proceeding, which husband failed to pursue.

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