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  • In the Interest of: J.B.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 3020 EDA 2022

    Trial court abused discretion in denying change of permanency goal to adoption where parents had made only partial progress on reunification goals after more than three years, such that adoption would serve the children's interest in stability and permanency in their lives. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • Smedley v. Smedley

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06-17-60541-ERY-37

    Husband appealed the court's order denying his petitions to modify and terminate alimony. The court recommended that the appeal be dismissed.

  • In Re: JAR

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2022-6823

    The court determined that there was no clear and convincing evidence to show a father had a settled purpose of relinquishing his parental claim in the six months preceding the petition for involuntary termination of parental rights.

  • In Re: J.S.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2022-6805

    The court concluded that petitioners, the child's mother and stepfather, provided clear and convincing evidence to support termination of the father's parental rights on the facts presented.

  • Nohe v. Nohe

    Publication Date: 2023-05-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Rubenstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06-2021-60451-A-37

    The court affirmed its decision to grant petitioner's request for Protection From Abuse from his elderly father on the basis that the record demonstrated a violent history.

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  • Kilkenny v. Kilkenny

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06-12-61169-C

    Mother appealed the court's orders authorizing the prescription and administration of an injection as part of a minor child's gender transition, and its order directing that she undergo a previously-ordered psychiatric evaluation as a prerequisite to a custody evaluation. The court recommended that its orders be affirmed.

  • Smedley v. Smedley

    Publication Date: 2023-05-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06-17-60541-ERY-37

    The court denied appellant's appeal of the denial of his petition to modify/terminate alimony on the basis that appellee was not required to report the income of a sale on a property in a divorce proceeding on the basis that the sale essentially resulted in no profit on the property.

  • Crocker-Fasulo v. Fasulo

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 990 MDA 2022

    Trial court properly considered post-divorce assets and income acquired by the parties when considering a petition to modify or terminate alimony. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Wahlmark v. Wahlmark

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
    Judge: Judge Caffrey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2021-FC-0888

    The court granted plaintiff's request for special relief arising out of a marital settlement agreement but declined to award plaintiff attorneys' fees because there was insufficient evidence that defendant willfully breached the marital settlement agreement.

  • In the Interest of R.C.-G.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 2521 EDA 2022

    Father appealed the finding that he was a perpetrator of child abuse due to his failure to act where his 13-year old daughter was pregnant and living with an unrelated adult male and court found trial court abused its discretion by not ensuring that Q'eqchi' speaking father was provided with an effective interpreter during the child abuse hearing and was thus denied the right to testify in his own behalf. Vacated and remanded.