• Chijoke-Uche v. Cobblestone Estates Cmty. Ass'n, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2024-00562

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the trial court recommended that appellant's pro se appeal of the court's order sustaining appellee's preliminary objections to the complaint and dismissing the complaint without prejudice be either quashed for lack of jurisdiction and failure to comply with Pa. R.A.P. 1925 or alternatively affirmed.

  • Gdula v. Wasserman

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06-13-61179-C

    Mother appealed the trial court's contempt order requiring her to pay father's attorney fees incurred as a result of the parties' contempt litigation. The court held that it did not abuse its discretion in ordering payment of father's attorney fees where mother repeatedly violated the court's custody orders and committed countless acts of contempt in an attempt to deprive father of visitation and turn the couple's children against him.

  • Brine v. Schwartz

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023DR00596

    Appellant father appealed the court's order imposing a monthly child support obligation in favor of appellee mother. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed, holding in part that evidence of father's income and lifestyle supported a net monthly income calculation well above the annual salary figure quoted by father.

  • Branch Banking &Trust Co. v. Bleiler

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2017-01800

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court urged affirmance of its order denying a motion for reconsideration of its order denying appellant Russel Bleiler's motion to set aside the sheriff's sale of commercial property in favor of the bank.

  • Dingle v. Dingle

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2018DR01877

    Father appealed the court's child support order imposing a support obligation. The court recommended that its order, premised upon a wage rate of $15 per hour for 40 hours per week, be affirmed where father remained unemployed after being incarcerated due solely to his failure to explore all of his employment options.

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  • B.H. v. S.M.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06-16-60222-C-37

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court justified its denial of appellant's petition for modification of a custody order that continued sole legal custody and primary physical custody of appellee over child.

  • Molgat v. Solebury Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: E-Commerce | Hospitality and Lodging | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
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    Case Number: 2022-03220

    Appellant property owner appealed the court's order affirming appellee township zoning hearing board's denial of his application for a variance to allow short-term rentals of his property. The court held that its decision should be affirmed where appellant (1) failed to demonstrate the existence of an unnecessary hardship that would entitle him to a dimensional variance; (2) appellee zoning hearing board's superior authority and discretion in denying the variance trumped the conditional use decision of the township board of supervisor

  • Mullen v. Mullen

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06-20-61132-D-37

    The court issued its §1925(a) opinion in support of its order assigning marital values to various pieces of property owned by the divorcing couple and its order of a 50/50 equitable distribution and asserted it did not abuse the broad discretion afforded judges in determining those questions and applying the factors set forth in 23 Pa. C.S.A. §3502(a).

  • Maurer v. Curran

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2021DR00468

    Father appealed trial court's order finding him in civil contempt for willfully failing to pay court-ordered unreimbursed medical expenses as part of his child support obligation. The court concluded that father was afforded due process in the civil contempt proceedings and that there was no abuse of discretion in the court's imposition of civil contempt with a purge condition.

  • Vargas v. United Modular Enter., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022-05051

    Appellant filed an appeal challenging the court's order sustaining preliminary objections raised by appellees and dismissing appellant's complaint with prejudice. The court determined that appellant failed to prove that he made good-faith efforts to timely serve appellees and recommended that its order remain in effect.