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  • 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:
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    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
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    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
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    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.

  • Gross v. Mintz

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 1735 EDA 2023

    Trial court correctly dismissed protection from abuse petition based on evidence of alleged child abuse that had been litigated in a prior PFA petition and deemed unfounded by the court and law enforcement/child protection agencies. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • Estate of: J.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stabile
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    Case Number: 502 EDA 2023

    Trial court erred in appointing GAL for an indefinite period in response to petition for appointment of guardian of the person and estate, without making a finding of incapacity. Order of the trial court vacated.

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  • Martin v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
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    Case Number: 1495 WDA 2022

    Trial court erred in reducing spouse's equitable distribution of ex's military pension where spouse's distributed share of the marital portion of the pension would still be less than the 50 percent limit on distributions to divorced spouses. Decree of the trial court affirmed in part and vacated and remanded in part.

  • In re: Adoption of Valliere

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Trauger
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 2023-A9104

    Appellant appealed the court's order denying his petition to adopt an adult son. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where the parties demonstrated no good cause for proceeding with the adoption absent a relinquishment of parental rights by adoptee's father.

  • Mazzarese v. Mazzarese

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 428 WDA 2023

    Court affirmed trial court's order denying appellant's demand that the incomes of her children's maternal grandparents be included in the calculation of her child support obligations.

  • B.H. v. S.M.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge McMaster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A06-16-60222-C-37

    In this § 1925(a) opinion, the court justified its denial of appellant's petition for modification of a custody order that continued sole legal custody and primary physical custody of appellee over child.

  • In the Interest of: K.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Bowes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 100 MDA 2024

    Court found no abuse of discretion in changing primary goal to adoption and moving reunification to a concurrent goal given mother's lack of progress in remedying conditions to permit increased visitation or less supervision and child's need for permanency. Order of the trial court affirmed.