• In re: Estate of Harm

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-E0600

    Appellant appealed the court's decree dismissing his petition for an accounting and other relief concerning the estate of his deceased mother. The court requested that its decree be affirmed and the appeal dismissed, holding that appellant failed to demonstrate that his mother's 2003 will was forged where credible witnesses familiar with decedent's handwriting, together with documentary evidence, confirmed that the signature on her will was genuine. The court held further that witness testimony and videographic evidence supported the

  • In re Estate of Kuhar

    Publication Date: 2024-06-14
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
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    Case Number: 2023-E0229

    The court requested that its decree - lifting the stay of its May 15, 2023 decree granting appellee the authority to decline life sustaining treatment be affirmed.

  • Martin v. Shigo

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
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    Case Number: 19-04003

    Plaintiff appealed the trial court's order denying her petition to vacate an arbitration award. The court concluded that its order refusing to vacate the arbitration award should be affirmed where the parties' arbitrator acted within her stipulated authority and provided a full and fair hearing that was not irregular in any way.

  • In re: MRM

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
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    Case Number: 2023-A9031

    A father appealed the court's involuntary termination of his parental rights. The court determined that the Children and Youth Social Services Agency met their burden of demonstrating clear and convincing evidence in support of the termination and, pursuant to Pa.R.App.P. 1925(a), filed an opinion in support of its ruling.

  • In re: Estate of Kuhar

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-E0229

    Appellant appealed the court's decree granting appellee's petition to decline life sustaining treatment for the parties' mother, who was alleged to be an incapacitated person. The court recommended that the appeal be dismissed.

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  • Commonwealth v. Ridley

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
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    Case Number: CP-09-CR-0005285-2018

    Appellant appealed the court's order vacating his conviction for drug delivery resulting in death and setting a new sentencing hearing on his remaining convictions. The court recommended that its order be affirmed.

  • Jabbour v. 1800 St. Rd. Realty, LLC.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
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    Case Number: 21-02247

    Appellant appealed the court's order overruling their objections to a joinder complaint filed by an additional defendant, arguing the court should have ordered arbitration based on the subcontract agreement between the parties. The court argued the appeal should be dismissed.

  • In re: Condemnation of Land in Bristol Twp.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
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    Case Number: 21-01250

    The court found for appellee on an appeal challenging service of process for a declaration of taking and declaration of blight. The court disagreed with appellant that service was not proper, finding instead that appellee had made sufficient efforts to properly serve appellant. The court further found that appellant failed to timely respond to appellee's preliminary objections and further failed to file a request for good cause to show why the filing was untimely.

  • Cao v. US Bank Nat'l Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
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    Case Number: 22-0925

    Court denied petition to re-argue a foreclosure action where plaintiffs failed to show that notice was defective. The court held that the matter was barred under the doctrine of res judicata since plaintiffs' had already litigated the matter in bankruptcy proceedings in both Pennsylvania and New York.

  • In re: Estate of Romano

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Fritsch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0931

    Court requested that the Orphans' Court order denying a petition to remove an estate's administrator be affirmed. Specifically, the court emphasized the fact that the court is granted the discretion with reviewing an administrator's capacity, and in this instant matter, although the administrator had Parkinson's Disease, his condition did not further limit his cognitive or physical abilities.