After a separation, choosing where your child learns can carry more weight than a simple enrollment form. In Pennsylvania, the answer often depends on who has legal custody and what your current custody order says. Legal custody controls education choices While...
Ending a marriage often raises difficult financial questions. One major concern is what happens to property and other assets accumulated during the relationship. If you are preparing for divorce and want to understand your financial position, learning how courts...
A tax refund is often a critical resource during a divorce. But before either spouse spends it, you need to know whether the money belongs to one person or the marital estate. In Pennsylvania, a refund tied to income earned before final separation generally becomes...
As a small business owner and a parent, time is your most valuable resource. In Pennsylvania, custody standards can make it difficult to support both your professional goals and your life at home. By being more strategic with your coparenting plan, you can manage this...
Disagreements over doctors and treatments can make medical decisions stressful for co-parents. Under Pennsylvania law, legal custody grants the right to make major decisions regarding a child’s health. If you share legal custody, a well-defined parenting plan is...
If you are a professional in a field like medicine or engineering, your compensation package probably includes more than just a base salary. In a Pennsylvania divorce, assets like stock options and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) add complexity because their value...
Your career as an engineer or researcher revolves around pouring your expertise into a breakthrough. After years of work, you have patent rights to an invention or process. But as you navigate a divorce in Pennsylvania, you wonder: Is the intellectual property (IP)...
When you face domestic violence or abuse, Pennsylvania law provides legal tools to protect you and your family. Protection from Abuse (PFA) orders serve as court-issued safeguards that can help keep you safe from harm. Pennsylvania law recognizes three main types of...
If you are a doctor going through a divorce, you are often balancing more than most. A demanding career, complex finances and long-term choices all come into play at once. The law in Pennsylvania applies equally to everyone. However, in practice, a physician's divorce...
When parents separate or divorce in Pennsylvania, parenting time is not decided based on what either parent wants. It is based on what serves the child's best interests. Pennsylvania courts weigh 12 specific factors when making custody decisions, a list that was...