Many couples in Bucks County are deciding to live together rather than get married. It makes sense to test the relationship at the next level before making a bigger commitment and getting married. However, when you live together certain financial arrangements should be very clear. If you have a lease or one person owns the…
Read MorePennsylvania family law changes in 2018 significantly impacted the rights of persons divorcing or adopting, and their children. Looking backward over this past year, here are a few statewide and federal legal changes that will affect divorce law, support calculations, custody, alimony and guardianship. Collaborative Law Act. I always feel that sitting at a table…
Read MoreSame sex couples in in Pennsylvania, in light of the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing same sex marriage, should also have the right to prove common law marriage retroactively. Since all common law marriages were abolished in Pennsylvania in January 2005, any couple wishing to prove common law marriages in Pennsylvania now have the…
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