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  • Kada v. Northampton Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-22
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
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    Case Number: 2023-01922

    The court concluded that its order affirming appellee zoning hearing board's decision granting property owners' application for a dimensional variance to accommodate a residential "in-law suite" at their home should be affirmed, holding that the record amply supported appellee's conclusion that the requested dimensional variance was the minimum necessary to reasonably accommodate applicants' request without subjecting them to undue hardship.

  • Commonwealth v. Alley

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
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    Case Number: CP-09-CR-0002046-2022

    The court granted defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained during a vehicle stop on the grounds that the police sergeant did not have probable cause to initiate a constitutionally permissible traffic stop based upon an alleged violation of the vehicle code.

  • In re: Estate of Cassidy

    Publication Date: 2022-10-31
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
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    Case Number: 2020-E0433

    While a scrivener's error created a potential ambiguity in decedent's conditional bequest to his step-grandchildren, the record made clear that the bequest had been conditioned upon decedent still being married to the step-grandchildren's grandmother and, thus, the divorce and distribution of an equitable portion of the couple's marital assets rendered the bequest null and void. The court recommended affirmance.

  • In re Y.A.P.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Gilman
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    Case Number: 22-0932

    Court denied appeal in termination of parental rights matter holding that the state's agency showed by clear and convincing evidence that termination of rights was proper under §2511(a) and adoption was ultimately in the best interest of the minor, as expressed through the agency and the minor's attorney.