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  • S.S. v. K.F.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge McLaughlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0764

    Trial court abused its discretion in ordering children to remain enrolled in a school district where neither parent lived and ordering the parties to pay the resulting tuition because neither parent requested or expected that result when mother filed a relocation petition and the trial court made little inquiry into the parties' financial situations. Vacated and remanded.

  • Wong v. Li

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0731

    Plaintiff failed to establish that the attorney for her former husband in a divorce proceeding engaged in conduct which constituted an abuse of process. The trial court properly entered a directed verdict against plaintiff.

  • In re: Estates of Berg

    Publication Date: 2018-06-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Accounting
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Herron
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-06780

    The court permanently removed accountant Gloria Byars as guardian of the estates of two elderly persons where she engaged in self-dealing and breached her fiduciary duties and imposed a surcharge for her misconduct, while also warning the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging to conduct due diligence before nominating guardians to protect the elderly and incapacitated. The court sustained objector's objections.

  • Bidwell v. Bidwell

    Publication Date: 2018-06-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Sibum
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0672

    Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Conduct 1.11(c) did not disqualify wife's attorney in this divorce action, though counsel was involved in the prosecution of the defendant husband during her prior work for a district attorney's office, because the two matters were not substantially similar. The court denied defendant's motion to disqualify plaintiff's attorney.

  • K.G. v. Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leavitt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0662

    Mother's challenge to the secretary's order denying her request for reconsideration of department decision to dismiss her appeal of an in-dicated report of child abuse was denied because mother failed to respond to the rule to show cause or to timely petition for review of the dismissal of her appeal and neither her petition for review nor her brief addressed the validity of the secretary's decision and thus, her challenge to the validity of that decision was waived. Affirmed.

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  • Thompson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Shogan
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    Case Number: 18-0582

    The trial court erred in incorporating stipulations between plaintiff and domestic relations office over the arrears in her child support into its order because the agreement imposed an illegal indefinitely suspended sentence and trial court also erred in failing to grant in forma pauperis status. Reversed and vacated.

  • In the Interest of: N.B., a minor

    Publication Date: 2018-05-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Dubow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 18-0627

    Suppression of confession was properly granted where juvenile's Miranda waiver was involuntary since he did not understand significance of Miranda warnings and believed he was obligated to follow his mother's instruction to confess to police. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • S.G. v. J.M.G.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Kunselman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0619

    Trial court erred in finding that expert child custody evaluator had no standing to bring a contempt action asking the court to enforce its order directing mother to pay a portion of his fees because mother was ordered by the court to pay the costs and thus, the court was the proper court to adjudicate the alleged contempt of its order. Reversed.

  • In the Interest of: N.M., a minor

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lazarus
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0605

    Orders denying kinship care and involuntarily terminated parental rights reversed where parents complied with service plan goals and where there was no record evidence to find that kinship care would place child at risk, but was instead motivated by trial court's desire to have parents admit to child abuse rather than proper purpose of maintaining family unity. Orders of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

  • In the Interest of A.W.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0611

    Juvenile court authorized to grant legal custody to DHS and empower it to make routine medical decisions on behalf of children in its custody, even over the objections of a child's parent, guardian, or custodian. Order of the juvenile court affirmed.