May 10, 2022 | Property Division
Face it. How often do we get to smile and say nice things about our federal, state or local governments? In all fairness, I once lived in a township that was run extremely well and I wish I still lived there; however, that place is one of the rare exceptions to the...
May 10, 2022 | Property Division
It’s been said that nothing brings out the worst in people as much as death and money. Personally and professionally, I have come to believe that is true. Inasmuch as in discussing divorce we are virtually always dealing with two spouses who are very much alive,...
Aug 17, 2021 | Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Summary: While there is no deadline imposed otherwise, the parties to a Pennsylvania low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce are free to decide when the agreed assets will be transferred to the respective parties. In an expensive, contested action, the Court...
Aug 12, 2021 | Divorce, Property Division
Generally speaking, to protect one’s assets in a Pennsylvania divorce from being equitably (that is, fairly, not necessarily equally) distributed in a divorce action in Pennsylvania, steps must be taken BEFORE one gets married. One way is a prenuptial agreement....
Jun 26, 2021 | Property Division
Everything that accumulates in the course of a marriage is fair game to be divided up when the decision is made to end the marriage. In Pennsylvania, we have equitable distribution of marital assets. Equitable means economically fair and that may or may not be equal....
Mar 30, 2021 | Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Under Pennsylvania’s divorce laws, virtually everything that comes into a spouse’s possession while the couple is married AND living together (cohabiting) is considered part of the marital estate and is subject to being equitably (economically fair, not...