Category: Family Law
Child Custody: What Your Child Custody Arrangement Means for Your Tax Return
Now that the holidays are over, you may be ready to start your taxes. You’ve collected your W-2, 1099’s and other documents. You have last year’s tax form for guidance. But, if you’ve gotten divorced in the last year, this...
How to keep a business through divorce
Aside from the emotional complications in divorce, financial complexities can and often do arise. Many couples involved in a marital split have to take into consideration the many financial responsibilities they will soon assume. In the case of owning a...
Marijuana’s role in child-custody cases
In October, 2014, with an unprecedented 13-3 vote, the City of Philadelphia passed a bill to decriminalize the possession of marijuana, dismantling the current mandatory custodial arrests for marijuana possession in favor of simple fines for low scale use and...
Paternity and parentage in same sex marriages
With the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, comes the issue of paternity and parentage. The question of who a child’s legal parents are is one that doesn’t come up in most heterosexual relationships, but is often central...
Handling Adoptions
Any area of the law can provide satisfaction to the practitioner for a job well done, especially if the client is contented with the result. In most of these cases, however, there is usually one side who does not share...
Divorce Mediation and Emotion
Going through a divorce is one of the most emotionally charged periods of your life. You are at once confused, overwhelmed, fearful, furious, lonely, and filled with righteous indignation and hate. The trust you once had in your spouse has...
How to Sabotage Your Divorce Mediation
Nothing is perfect in this imperfect world, and that’s true of divorce mediation in Florida, Pennsylvania, and most other states. We’ve spent a lot of time highlighting the benefits that mediated divorce brings to the table: Divorce mediation saves money...
Is Divorce Mediation Too Fast and Too Easy?
Divorce mediation is a confidential and voluntary method of resolving conflict between two people who are in the process of ending their marriage. Mediation takes the dispute out of the courtroom and moves to a private location where the spouses...