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  • T.M.W. v. N.J. W.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0166

    Trial court did not abuse its discretion in holding that father was obligated to pay child support of $1,500 per month to mother even though her custody percentage had been reduced. Affirmed.

  • McGreal v. Westmoreland County

    Publication Date: 2020-02-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
    Judge: District Judge Ranjan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0157

    Defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' due process claims arising from alleged violations of their custody and adoption rights to their granddaughter denied where plaintiffs could plausibly plead §1983 claims against a state official and where the allegations were not previously litigated on the merits in state court and therefore not barred by Rooker-Feldman.

  • In the Interest of: N.B.-A.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0134

    Finding of child abuse unsupported where there was no evidence that parent knew or should have known child had been sexually abused or that stepsibling who perpetrated the abuse was a risk to the child. Order of the superior court reversed.

  • K.N.B. v. M.D.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0132

    Protection order under the Protection of Victims of Sexual Violence or Intimidation Act affirmed where plaintiff presented credible testimony of a non-consensual sexual encounter with defendant and that she sought a protective order to avoid the apprehension and fear of continuing to encounter defendant. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Thompson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0137

    Superior court properly found that trial court's order imposing a suspended sentence for civil contempt of a child support order was illegal because suspended sentences were not statutorily authorized under 23 Pa.C.S. §4345 as punishment for non-compliance with a child support order and were illegal. Affirmed.

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  • In the Interest of: D.R.-W.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-0133

    Parental rights were properly terminated in children's best interest where parent maintained minimal contact with children, who had stronger bond with foster family, and where parent's substance abuse and failure to comply with case plan objectives demonstrated inability to parent or to remedy the circumstances necessitating children's placement. Orders of the trial court affirmed.

  • H.R. v. C.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1514

    Trial court was not barred by Medical Marijuana Act from considering parent's legal use of marijuana pursuant to medical license, particularly where parent had history of substance abuse and where there were alleged incidents of exposing the parent's child to marijuana. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • S.R.G. v. D.D.G.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1493

    Trial court did nor err in denying grandmother's petition for child support from grandfather, for child for whom they had primary legal and physical custody due to mother's inability to care for child, because there was no statutory authorization to extend the duty of child support between two third parties where neither party had adopted the child. Affirmed.

  • In the Matter of Petition for Change of Name of S.E.M.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lebanon County
    Judge: Judge Charles
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1370

    In this name change matter involving a transgender minor, the court ordered that the child's legal father be notified. The court also identified the best interest factors that needed to be addressed at the name change hearing.

  • In re: Interest of A.M.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Panella
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1409

    The trial court erred in finding that the presumption of paternity did not apply in this case as the existence of troubles in a marriage does not establish that such a marriage is not intact for purposes of determining application of the presumption of paternity which, the court held, applies in same-sex marriages. The appellate court reversed and remanded.