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Publication Date: 2018-12-25
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
Judge: Judge Higgins
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Case Number: 18-1457
Wife's cohabitation did not constitute remarriage under the terms of the parties' marital settlement agreement. The court denied husband's request to terminate his alimony obligation because the parties' agreement was unambiguous.
Publication Date: 2018-12-18
Practice Area: Family Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stabile
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Case Number: 18-1539
Trial court properly terminated father's parental rights to the oldest and youngest children but erred in terminating his rights to middle child because she opposed the termination and the attorney for the children erred in serving as middle child's GAL and legal counsel. Vacated in part and affirmed in part.
Publication Date: 2018-12-10
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Schwab
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Case Number: 18-1494
Since plaintiff's divorce decree was not a qualified domestic relations order, which would have been exempt from the anti-alienation provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, she was not a beneficiary under ERISA through her divorce decree. The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss.
Publication Date: 2018-12-04
Practice Area: Administrative Law | Family Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 18-1410
In this juvenile dependency proceeding, the court did not commit any error with regard to the children's testimony, and mother failed to show she met the requirements of the reunification plan.
Publication Date: 2018-12-04
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge McLaughlin
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Case Number: 18-1436
Involuntary termination of parental rights affirmed where credible evidence demonstrated parent made only one inappropriate attempt to contact child in the six months prior to filing of the termination petition. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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Publication Date: 2018-12-04
Practice Area: Administrative Law | Family Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stevens
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Case Number: 18-1446
Trial court erred in ordering the incarceration of appellant until her grandchild, who allegedly was a member of her household, was surrendered to the custody of Department of Human Services because appellant did not have custody of the grandchild, child's mother had custody and was not a subject of the adjudicatory hearing before the trial court and the juvenile act did not provide for the incarceration of a non-custodial grandparent to compel a grandchild's surrender. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2018-12-04
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Family Law
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Saylor
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Case Number: 18-1430
The intermediate court did not err in overturning defendant's conviction for kidnapping of a minor under §2901(a.1)(2) of the Crimes Code since the crime of interference with custody of children committed by a biological parent cannot serve as a predicate felony to support such a conviction. The high court affirmed the appellate court's ruling.
Publication Date: 2018-10-30
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lebanon County
Judge: Judge Charles
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Case Number: 18-1152
The court imposed a parallel parenting program for the shared custody of the parties' minor child, where the parties had a history of conflict. The custody order included provisions for the involvement of a guardian ad litem on behalf of the child.
Publication Date: 2018-10-23
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stabile
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Case Number: 18-1265
Mother's petition to involuntarily terminate father's parental rights correctly denied where mother failed to demonstrate that father's conduct warranted termination, where a single threat of violence was insufficient to warrant the drastic step of termination and for the prior six months father had diligently pursued custody rights to exercise his parental duties. Order of the orphans' court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2018-10-23
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law | Trusts and Estates
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Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Kunselman
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Case Number: 18-1262
Where both parties' competency in this divorce action was called into question but neither parties' competency established, the trial court's equitable distribution award was premature. The appellate court vacated an equitable distribution order and divorce decree.
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