Despite being a very valuable tool, a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is one of the most often overlooked documents that can impact a divorce. If you are splitting up, you need to consider whether or not a QDRO applies to your divorce and if you need to use...
Family Law
Custody arrangements should match preferences and relationships
For many Pennsylvania families, it is ideal for both parents to raise children together in one family home. However, sometimes couples break up, and when there are children involved, the family law system may need to step in to determine child custody. There are many...
Stability for children is key when couples break up
Breaking up is hard to do when the couple has children. Simply put, the children have been used to living with both of their parents, and when their parents separate or divorce, the children know that they will never again share a home seven days a week with both...
How to coordinate gift-giving with your co-parent after divorce
The first Christmas following a divorce can be stressful for everyone in the family. As a parent, it can be tempting to focus on your own pain and loneliness—and overlook how this dramatic life change is affecting your children. It’s important to put aside...
What role does family law play in transgender rights?
More than ever before in history, "transgender" is now becoming a familiar household term. Aided by celebrities such as Caitlyn Jenner to pioneering TV series such as Transparent, the general public has been quickly gaining awareness and understanding of transgender...
How is child support determined in Pennsylvania?
When a couple with children decides to divorce, the topic of child support is bound to come up. Child support is a court-ordered monetary amount that one parent must pay to the other in order to help cover child-related expenses. Child support is meant to help pay...
Do you spank your children? New data may surprise you
Every parent decides how to raise their children based on their own experiences. Certain parenting styles might seem more strict or lenient than others, but most people believe that their chosen methods will help their children grow up to be responsible adults. One...
Uncontested Divorce in Pennsylvania
You were college sweethearts at Penn St. and got married a few years after graduation. The ensuing years brought good jobs and kids, family trips and movie nights at home. Somewhere along the way, however, the love that you shared turned into a partnership where it...
