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The Legal Intelligencer

Failure to Disclose and Constructive Trust in Divorce

For many family law practitioners, 23 Pa.C.S. Section 3505(d) is a safety blanket protecting their clients in situations where a party fails to disclose information regarding an asset or assets with a fair market value of $1,000.00 or more which results in that asset or assets being omitted from the final distribution of property in a divorce matter.
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Daily Business Review

Letter: In Florida and Nationally, Privatized Foster Care Is a Failed Experiment

To the editor:When U.S. Sens. Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Finance Committee, released…
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Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Rules In Vitro Baby Has No Legal Father

A divided Georgia Supreme Court opinion released Monday appears to create a new class of baby: one that may not legally have parents.The high…
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The Legal Intelligencer

In Lesbian Couple's Custody Battle, Court Sides With Biological Mother

The former same-sex partner of a child's biological mother cannot claim she is entitled to custody of the child since she has no biological connection to him, nor has she legally adopted him, the state Superior Court has ruled.
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New York Law Journal

NY Appeals Panel Recognizes 'Presumption of Legitimacy' for Children of Same-Sex Marriages

A New York appeals court ruled that Han Ming T., the former married partner of Marco D., a gay man now living in New York, was due notice of Marco D.'s petition to have their child adopted by his new homosexual partner.
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The American Lawyer

San Diego Solo Practitioner Among Fatalities in Las Vegas

One of the 59 people killed in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history was former Lerach Coughlin lawyer Jennifer Irvine.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Enforcing Marital Agreements According to the Law of the Case

In the matter of Bienert v. Bienert, 2017 Pa.Super. 255, Case No. 17-1288 (Pa. Super. Aug. 7, 2017), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has clarified the enforceability of marital property agreements (MSA) executed prior to the filing of a divorce but entered into while the husband and wife were separated.
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The Recorder

In re Marriage of Berman

C.A. 2nd; B272324 The Second Appellate District affirmed family court orders. The court held that the family court did not abuse its discretion in finding…
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New York Law Journal

Matter of L.M. v. B.M.

Wife Fails to Show Substantial Change In Circumstance to Warrant Support Increase
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Dismissal of Libel, Privacy Suit Reversed for Lawyer Who Publicized Divorce Case

The Appellate Division reversed a ruling Thursday dismissing claims by Michael Mandelbaum against attorney Jack Arsenault of Arsenault & Fassett in Chatham.
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