Over years of watching television dramas and movies, it would have been difficult for any adult in any of our states or territories not to have heard the term “community property”. That gives one the impression that it is typical for a state to be a...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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....
