• Delancey v. Delancey

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0494

    The court denied, as untimely, defendant's motion for reconsideration of a protection from abuse order since under §6117 of the Protection from Abuse Act, aggrieved parties must either file an appeal or motion to reconsider within 30 days, and the motion itself must be acted upon within those 30 days. The court dismissed defendant's motion.

  • In re: Estate of Sipos

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Placey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0487

    The executor of an estate proceeded at his own peril when he continued operating the decedent's rental business in contravention of a provision in the decedent's will which required the property to be sold.

  • AIA Am. Ins. Adm'rs, LLC v. Buyakowski

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0493

    The court rejected employer's argument that defendant's at-will employment extended the three-year term of a restrictive covenant within his employment contract and thus found that defendant could not breach a contract that did not apply to him. The court sustained defendant's preliminary objection.

  • In re: Raab Living Trust

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Placey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0488

    A decedent's unused burial plots passed to her three children as tenants in common. Interment rights associated with these plots did not extend to the spouses of the co-owners unless the other co-owners consented.

  • Cherilus v. Cherilus

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Masland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0463

    Even though wife resided in the family home after the parties' separation, husband's payment of the mortgage did not warrant a reduction in his interim support obligation. The court dismissed husband's exceptions to the support master's report and recommendations.

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Lancaster County & Berks County Court Rules 2024

    Authors:

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Thomas v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Hyams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0489

    The court sustained husband's exception to the support master's report and recommendations regarding the payment of health insurance premiums, but denied other exceptions pertaining to the payment of the children's unreimbursed medical expenses and husband's credits for his period of unemployment.

  • Lightner v. Seeger

    Publication Date: 2020-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Masland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0464

    Where father was held in contempt for failing to report a "significant change" in his income and the case was remanded for a calculation of arrearages due, a support master properly conducted only a calculation of arrearages and did not err in failing to consider the complete components of the child support calculations. The court of common pleasdismissed father's exceptions.

  • Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Cumberland County
    Judge: Judge Masland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0467

    Factual issues existed in this mortgage foreclosure matter regarding defendant's receipt of notices and whether plaintiff was the holder of the note. The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment as to the defense of unclean hands, but denied all other aspects of the motion.

  • 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.