Filter This View

  • M.B.S. v. W.E.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Strassburger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0584

    Mother challenged court's grant of father's motion for reconsideration and grant of legal custody to father and court found that since child would turn 18 in May 2020 and child custody act did not provide an exception for a child who was 18 and still in high school, court had no jurisdiction and mother's claims were moot. Appeal dismissed.

  • Bowman v. Bowman

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Masland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0466

    The court rejected wife's exceptions to the report and recommendations of the support master, except for an error in calculating certain expenses relating to the parties' minor child.

  • Plummer v. Plummer

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Masland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0465

    A support master properly found that wife's delay in seeking modification of a support award was not unreasonable given husband's varied and evolving financial circumstances. The court dismissed the parties' exceptions to the support master's report and recommendation.

  • Bowman v. Nickey

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Hyams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0491

    Father was entitled to attorney fees upon a finding of contempt where mother willfully violated an existing custody order despite being notified of the potential for counsel fees if she failed to comply. The court issued a custody order and awarded father counsel fees.

  • Fetrow v. Fetrow

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Hyams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0490

    The court adopted the support master's report, which rejected wife's claim for spousal support and adjusted her award of alimony pendente lite downward due to wife's cohabitation and financial independence.

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Enforcement of Judgments: A Practitioner’s Guide to Recovery

    Authors: Dennis S. Ellis, Katherine F. Murray, Nicholas J. Begakis, Adam M. Reich

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • In re: Estate of Wagner

    Publication Date: 2020-05-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McCaffery
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0524

    Orphans' court properly dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction, a petition for breach of fiduciary duties and accounting where no timely appeal was taken from the order discharging the plenary guardian. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: DD

    Publication Date: 2020-05-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0400

    The court of common pleas made a finding of abuse against father as a perpetrator by omission, as defined by 23 Pa.C.S. §303, where mother's testimony established that he either caused the child's bodily injuries or, at the very least, was aware of and saw the child's injuries and failed to act. The court recommended affirmance.

  • In re: Adoption of A.H.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0397

    Father failed to perform the duties of a parent for at least six months prior to the filing of the petition for the involuntary termination of his parental rights. The court concluded it was in the child's best interest to terminate father's parental rights so that mother's fianc could adopt the child.

  • In the Interest of: J.M.G.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Mundy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0481

    Lower court erred in applying harmless error analysis to violation of therapist-patient privilege by disclosing unredacted treatment records to Sexual Offender Assessment Board in Act 21 proceeding. Judgment of the superior court reversed, case remanded.

  • In re: JM1 & JM2

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Reynolds McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0396

    Termination of parental rights was in the best interests of the children, because the parents were either unable or unwilling to engage in services to assist them in performing their parental duties.