A recent precedential Superior Court case arising out of Bucks County, Bordone v. Bordone (No. 3155 EDA 2024) addressed a rarely encountered issue in the form of annulment. The parties were married in Connecticut in 2000, but only discovered in
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For a long time, psychological expenses under the Pennsylvania Support Guidelines were treated differently than other medical expenses. While “routine” or “traditional” medical expenses such as surgical, dental, optical, and orthodontia were automatically included as reimbursable expenses, the definition of
A Conversation About Parent Coordination
It has been a quick seven or so years since parent coordination was reintroduced by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. When it was brought back in its current iteration, it immediately provided an effective tool for a wide range of custody
The Complications and Concerns of Gray Divorce
I recently talked with family law attorney Robert Salzer on the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s “Law in the Family” podcast about “gray divorce” and the considerations related to parties divorcing later in life. There’s no firm definition about what
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Income from all sources is considered when calculating a monthly child support amount under the Pennsylvania Support Guidelines. Some child support cases are complex because a party has different sources of income beyond W-2 wages. Complex support cases require an
U.S. v. Rahimi – The Discussion Continues
My recently retired colleague, Mark Ashton, wrote a great analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court case, U.S. v. Rahimi, and posed some interesting questions about where future challenges related to Pennsylvania’s firearm restrictions may come from. Since then, the discussions
Au Revoir
I wasn’t around for the inception of the Pennsylvania Family Law Blog, which I believe dates to 2006. In fact, I really wasn’t much of a believer that this form of communication would endure. But, in 2008 when the blog
Marriage & Divorce: Just What Do Americans Want?
Because of the blog’s topic, we are fed a lot of reported news on the state of marriage and divorce in 21st century America. Three topics seem to be headlining this week, the inconsistency of which is baffling.
Protection From Abuse & Guns; Discussion “Continued”
Friday, June 21 brought the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Rahimi, a Texas case which offered to provide better insight into how the rights to possess and own guns conferred by the Second Amendment plays against situations
Should You Be Asking for a Disclosure-Only Pre-nuptial?
Recent data relating to couples who have married in recent years shows that men and women are deferring marriage to their late 20s and early 30s. In real terms what that means is that the people approaching the altar do