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...
People who are going through a high-asset divorce are often worried that their spouse is going to try to hide assets. It may be a contentious divorce, and they are concerned that their spouse will try to keep important assets out of property division by giving them...
If you and your spouse are going through a divorce in Pennsylvania, one of the major decisions that you will need to discuss as parents is how you would want to share custody over your children. While there are varying types of custody arrangements, they have two main...
Beach houses, hunting cabins and other properties only intended for part-time use can be investments and sources of pleasant memories for everyone in a family. However, they can also become complicating elements if the owners divorce. Vacation homes do not necessarily...
Divorce is a time of major change, and some of those changes reshape your financial life in long-lasting ways. These changes start when the divorce is filed, but they often don't finish until well after the legal process is finished. Planning for life after divorce...
The courts can offer legal support to individuals trying to leave violent situations. A protection from abuse order can limit the likelihood of a spouse or former romantic partner continuing their abuse. If they violate the order, then the other party can report the...
Parents who decide to split up have to determine how they can work as a parenting team to raise the children. This doesn’t always happen easily, so you must learn how to handle conflicts in case you and your ex don’t see eye to eye. High-conflict child custody...
Property division is a necessary component of most divorces. Unless spouses already have a legal agreement in place regarding the distribution of their assets and responsibility for their debts, they have to make those decisions during the divorce process. The more...
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