• Galizia v. Galizia

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Hodge
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 104 OF 2020, D.R.

    Defendant found in contempt for failure to pay court-ordered support payments and court ordered probation, payment of a fine and a purge payment.

  • Troutman v. Troutman

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
    Judge: Judge Acker
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 10101 OF 2021, C.A.

    The trial court issued its ruling on May 9, 2024, following a hearing on the parties' exceptions to the master's recommendation of Dec. 12, 2022, on the equitable distribution and economic claims in the parties' divorce. The court found a 2020 tax refund to be marital property. IRS-issued stimulus checks received by defendant based on a formula determined by Congress after the separation were not marital property. The court found that a check from Verizon for damage done to the marital residence during the marriage was marital proper

  • McWilliams v. McWilliams

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 211 WDA 2024

    Trial court correctly determined that grounds for divorce had not been established before spouse's death where spouse died less than 20 days after filing an affidavit establishing grounds for divorce and the other spouse did not affirmatively admit the allegations in the affidavit. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In the Interest of: K.T.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Murray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 324 WDA 2024

    Trial court had sufficient evidence to involuntarily terminate parental rights where mother proved incapable of remedying her substance abuse issues and expert testimony found child had a stronger, healthier bond with her foster parent. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In re Adoption of C.P.D.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge King
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 719 EDA 2024

    Minor child's father, pre-adoptive parents, and adoption agency cross-appealed certain of the trial court's orders concerning child's adoption and father's parental rights. The court vacated the trial court's orders denying confirmation of mother's and father's consents to adoption where mother and father neither revoked their consents in writing within thirty days nor petitioned to challenge the validity of their consents on the basis of fraud or duress within sixty days.

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  • In the Interest of: R.B.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 230 EDA 2024

    Court found no error in admitting children's school records obtained from the school district under the hearsay exception for records of a regularly conducted activity. Judgment of the trial court affirmed.

  • Velasquez v. Miranda

    Publication Date: 2024-09-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Dougherty
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 108 MAP 2023

    Trial court had jurisdiction to issue predicate findings for special immigrant juvenile status when making a custody determination that granted sole custody to one parent. Order of the superior court reversed and remanded.

  • Hall v. Bartron

    Publication Date: 2024-08-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Construction | Retail
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1686 MDA 2023

    Mother appealed the trial court's order setting father's child support obligation after she sought upward modification. The court affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it failed to include the profits of father's closely-held corporation in its calculation of father's monthly net income, when it failed to include rental incomes paid by the corporation to father, or when it annualized mother's personal injury settlement until the couple's child turned 18 rather t

  • In re KR

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-6857

    County Children & Youth Services Agency petitioned for involuntary termination of parental rights of minor child's mother and father. The court granted the petition, concluding that termination of mother's and father's parental rights would best serve the child's needs and welfare where the conditions that led to the child's placement in dependency proceedings, namely neglect by drug-addicted parents, continued to exist and were not likely to be remedied within a reasonable period of time.

  • In re AS

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Tira
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2023-6858

    County Children & Youth Services Agency petitioned for involuntary termination of parental rights of minor child's mother and father. The court granted the petition, concluding that termination of mother's and father's parental rights would best serve the child's needs and welfare where the conditions that led to the child's placement in dependency proceedings, namely neglect by drug-addicted parents, continued to exist and were not likely to be remedied within a reasonable period of time.