In what some may construe as an effort by the Pennsylvania Superior Court to salvage something positive out of 2016, an Opinion was issued today which effectively opens Pennsylvania's family courts...
Recently, a case came before the Superior Court addressing the question as to whether a party has the right to charge interest on unpaid portions of an equitable distribution award.
Elonis, in his defense, claimed that his posts were not, in fact, threats, but rap lyrics and forms of artistic expression.
A recent criminal case addressed, in part, an issue we saw in the case of Elonis v. United States.
My colleague, Mark Ashton, reported on the case of D.P. & B.P. v. G.J.P. & A.P., and identified how the Court's opinion addressed on a limited basis how Section 3525(2) was, in part, unconstitutional.
The expungement of criminal records in Pennsylvania is a well-established procedure. The process has taken its shape through criminal cases and codified in statute in the criminal code and juvenile act.
The Discovery Rules account for all manner of need for obtaining evidence
Since the child custody statute was updated in 2010, a considerable about of time and effort on the part of the Superior Court has been spent clarifying various aspects of the law.
The larger point behind this unique bit of Americana is that the value of a marital estate may take many forms.
The children's father in Pennsylvania, who had been in a three year legal battle with the children's mother, immediately traveled to Arkansas after learning of the incident.
The size of discovery productions in family law cases can at times rival or exceed that of more "traditional" litigation.
This was a case of first impression for Pennsylvania courts, pitting Shepherd's estranged husband, Lamar Sally, and their gestational carrier against her to force acceptance of parentage of this baby.
Thanks to our partner, Leslie Spoltore, in Delaware, we have a consolidated blog entry for our previous articles on international custody.
Up until about two years ago, a good portion of questions which came through this blog were questions about common-law marriage.
A New Hampshire mother will serve 10 months in county jail after pleading guilty to custodial interference stemming from her removal of her daughter from the county in 2004.