Divorce law in Pennsylvania, as in most states, treats animals and pets as property, not family members. So, when it comes to deciding who gets the dog, this conversation falls under the laws of Equitable Distribution, not Custody. In other words, the dog is treated the same as furniture in discussions of asset division. Alaska…
Read MoreWhat’s divorce got to do with Love? Read here again a blog I posted two years ago on what the Courts say….. Valentine’s Day is here and Love is in the air …. Or is it? The interesting case of Bunger v. Bungerin 1958 offers a glimpse of how the legal world tries to grapple…
Read MoreDivorce among military families can be emotionally and logistically complicated. One area of military divorce just got tougher: how the federal government splits military pensions between divorcing spouses. The new appropriations and authorization for 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, signed by President Obama on December 23, 2016, contained the first changes (Sec. 641 of S.…
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