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  • In the Interest of L.V.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0618

    Adjudication of dependency and finding of aggravated circumstances were supported by the record where trial court credited medical experts who opined that the dependent child suffered numerous bone fractures that were caused by intentional or non-accidental activity. Orders of the trial court affirmed.

  • Lozada v. Caraballo

    Publication Date: 2019-05-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Lash
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0501

    In this child custody modification proceeding, the court concluded it was in the child's best interests to award physical custody to mother, because father's current wife unreasonably interfered with mother's parenting role.

  • Conway v. Conway

    Publication Date: 2019-05-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Gantman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0580

    The trial court erred in denying wife's proposed qualified domestic relations order securing her post-divorce rights to husband's public servant pension plan as set forth in their marital settlement agreement as the agreement took effect before the pension plan was amended to eliminate certain rights of former spouses. The appellate court reversed and remanded.

  • Melmark, Inc. v. Schutt

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Saylor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0561

    Superior court erred in applying New Jersey law and denying plaintiff's equitable claims in its action to recover the costs of care for a disabled New Jersey resident from his parents because Pennsylvania law applied and plaintiff met the requirements for its equitable claims. Reversed.

  • Weber v. Weber

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0557

    Child's petition for special relief for parent's payment of college expenses pursuant to divorce property settlement agreement dismissed due to expiration of the statute of limitations running from the completion of undergraduate expenses. Order of the trial court affirmed.

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  • In the Interest of T.G.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0525

    Juvenile court erred in finding that mother's neglect of child's medical conditions was not tantamount to child abuse because the record was devoid of any evidence to support the juvenile court's conclusion that child's failure to thrive was the result of preexisting medical conditions. Reversed in part.

  • T.M. v. H.M.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0521

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding primary physical custody to mother and denying father's petition to increase his physical custody. Affirmed.

  • In the Interest of I.R.-R.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Nichols
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0526

    Trial court erred in adjudicating children dependent because the evidence DHS presented was not competent to support the adjudication where child's out-of-court statements regarding father's alleged sex abuse were admitted as evidence of her state of mind and were not substantive evidence that father perpetrated any acts of sexual abuse. Vacated.

  • EGW v. BD

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge McCoy
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0377

    In this adoption proceeding, Tennessee was the "home state" of an infant child under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, so Pennsylvania did not have subject matter jurisdiction.

  • Ortiz v. Hope

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Lash
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0435

    Under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, a Pennsylvania court did not have jurisdiction in this child custody modification matter. The court dismissed this action because another state had issued the original custody order and that state had not relinquished jurisdiction.