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  • M.S. v. J.D.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
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    Case Number: 19-0875

    Trial court correctly denied grandparent's petition to intervene in a custody matter where grandparents failed to establish statutory requirements for standing or prove that both parents were without care or control over the child. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • J.P. v. J.S.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
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    Case Number: 19-0847

    Parent's appeal of custody order quashed where appeal was not timely taken from the final order of custody but instead taken from the denial of reconsideration of the custody order, which was not an appealable decision. Appeal quashed.

  • Woodson v. Woodson

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Adams County
    Judge: Judge Simpson
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    Case Number: 19-0783

    Wife's survivor benefit should have been included in the equitable distribution of property. The court ordered wife to roll over a portion of her retirement account to accomplish an immediate offset.

  • C.H.L. v. W.D.L.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
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    Case Number: 19-0841

    The trial court did not err in awarding wife exclusive possession of the marital residence in a protection from abuse order since the Protection From Abuse Act allows a court to grant a plaintiff exclusive possession of a residence, even where the defendant is the sole owner, if the defendant has a duty to support the plaintiff or minor children living in the residence. The appellate court affirmed.

  • In re Q.R.D.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-0820

    Trial court properly terminated father's parental rights because the record supported the trial court's finding that child's preferred outcome was unascertainable at the time of the hearing, there was no conflict between the child's best interest and legal interests, representation by child's attorney satisfied the requirements of 23 Pa. C.S. §2313(a) and stepfather provided clear and convincing evidence to support termination. Affirmed.

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  • McNeill v. McNeill

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
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    Case Number: 19-0744

    The court approved the report and recommendations of the divorce master regarding the parties' date of separation and division of assets, but the court awarded wife a higher amount of spousal support.

  • Walker v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Higgins
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    Case Number: 19-0732

    The court upheld a divorce master's recommendation that husband pay wife an immediate lump sum as well as wife's counsel fees where husband had no disabilities preventing him from working and the matter could have been resolved without need for a hearing if husband had been more reasonable about the distribution of his pension. The court denied husband's exceptions.

  • In the Interest of: Z.N.F.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 19-0721

    Trial court did not abuse discretion in finding no conflict between child's best interests and legal interests in involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding where advocate ascertained child's preferred outcome of proceeding to the extent possible, given child's immaturity and inability to understand concepts such as adoption. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Hess v. Hess

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
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    Case Number: 19-0717

    Court affirmed trial court's equitable distribution of marital estate that included retirement pension where trial court declined to engage in "double dipping" to use pension income to determine the distribution percentages. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • S.S. v. T.J.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
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    Case Number: 19-0725

    Father's pro se appeal of the denial of his petition to modify custody failed because his Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) statement was not sufficiently coherent to allow the trial court to understand the specific allegations of error and the court found the trial court adequately explained its findings which were supported by adequate evidence in the record. Affirmed.