Category Archives: Family Law
Imputed Income For Pennsylvania Child Support Payments
Not all parents are eager when it comes to paying child support to the other parent. This may be because the parent does not think the parent receiving the child support is spending it appropriately, or because the parent does not think he gets to see his children enough and therefore should not have… Read More »
Moving Out Of The Marital Home While A Divorce Is Pending
In most cases of divorce or separation, one spouse always moves out of the marital home while the other spouse keeps possession of the house or apartment. However, if both spouses are on the lease or co-own the house, it is not possible for a spouse to force the other spouse to move out;… Read More »
Presumption of Paternity
The issues of child support and custody can be some of the most difficult to resolve in a divorce. This can become more complicated when a husband who is not the biological father of the child (who is not adopted) is ordered to pay child support. This can happen when a man fathers a… Read More »
Parents Consenting To Children’s Medical Care After A Divorce
After a divorce, parents do not always agree on many things when it comes to their children. This can become a serious problem if the child requires medical attention or some form of intervention and the parents cannot agree on how the child should be helped. In these cases, it is always best to… Read More »
Changing Your Name After a Pennsylvania Divorce
People who take on a spouse’s last names upon marriage are not required to give up the name when the couple divorces. There may be an exception to this if the couple signed a prenuptial agreement requiring the spouse who takes on the other’s name to go back to using a maiden name if… Read More »
Increasing Child Support To Keep Up With Cost Of Living
Raising a child is expensive. According to one study by the Department of Agriculture, it can cost approximately $14,000 a year to raise a child. When parents are divorced, child support can go a long way to helping the parent who has primary custody of the child cover the costs of raising the child…. Read More »
What Happens to Fertilized Frozen Eggs in Pennsylvania When a Couple Divorces?
Couples who use in vitro fertilization in order to have children often go through a lot of pain in order to get their chance to have children. Sometimes, a couple ends up freezing the fertilized eggs for future use, and then gets divorced before using the eggs. What happens to the eggs after the… Read More »
The Award of Alimony in a Pennsylvania Divorce
When a marriage breaks down and there is a significant income gap between the spouses, the question of alimony tends to come up. Alimony is a sum of money that is paid by one spouse to the other for maintenance purposes. It can be paid as a monthly sum, as a lump sum, or… Read More »
Allowing Parents To See The Children After A Divorce
A parent’s relationship with his or her child is generally encouraged in divorce proceedings. The courts try and ensure that both parents will have continuing contact with the children, for example through shared or partial custody of the child, unless continued contact between the child and the parent would not be in the best… Read More »
Can Divorce Affect My Credit?
Divorce can affect a person’s life in different ways. As some divorced people discover, divorce can affect a one or both spouses credit scores. Most people do not quite understand how this happens, and as a result, do not take steps to ensure that the divorce does not impact their credit. Learning the basics… Read More »