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What Name Should I Use In My Divorce?

Jun 21, 2021 | Divorce, Retaking & Removing Names

A divorce is a formal legal action filed in a court of law. Accordingly, the parties to the action – the couple getting divorced – must be identified properly and legally on the court documents. Based upon my divorce practice dating back to several years...

Should You Change Your Last Name After A Divorce?

May 3, 2018 | Divorce, Retaking & Removing Names

Quick Answer: Should You Change Your Last Name After A Divorce? While retaking a prior name after a divorce is common, it’s not without issues. It may leave children feeling uncomfortable, and there’s a lot of time and effort involved in getting it changed in so many...

Changing A Child’s Last Name After an Uncontested Divorce

Apr 10, 2018 | Divorce, Retaking & Removing Names

It is not at all unusual for a woman to want to re-take her maiden name (or even a prior married name) as part of a divorce. More women might do this except it sometimes means that the children of the marriage will end up with the ex-husband’s last name and it...

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Changing and Retaking Prior Names and Pennsylvania Divorce

Jul 7, 2021

It is both common and understandable for divorce clients and non-lawyers, in general, to toss around interchangeably the terms "name change" and "take back a prior name" when deciding to begin a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault, Pennsylvania divorce. But...

Is A Pennsylvania Divorce Decree Valid Everywhere?

Jul 7, 2021

This does not come up often, but when it does, I find it very striking. Over the decades, two or three clients have asked me whether or not their Pennsylvania divorce would be valid if they were to leave the USA on vacation or if they moved out of the USA permanently....

Retirement Funds and Pennsylvania Divorce

Jun 26, 2021

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....

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