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Pennsylvania Divorce: Same Sex Common Law Marriage Confirmed Retroactively by Superior Court

By Elissa C. Goldberg / December 26, 2017

Same 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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Collaborative Law Act passed by Pennsylvania State House

By Elissa C. Goldberg / December 11, 2017

The Pennsylvania Collaborative Law Act (HB 1644-PCLA) was passed by the state House on December 6, 2017 and will now be sent to the Senate for deliberation and a vote. The bill, which would make the legal process of collaborative law more uniform across the state, took two and a half years to get from…

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Tax Cuts Might Impact Alimony

By Elissa C. Goldberg / November 27, 2017

Tax deductions are on the chopping block in the House tax reform bill that passed November 16, 2017 which, in turn, would put more pressure on divorce negotiations across the country. The pending Senate version would leave things as they are. If the House bill clause survives Senate revisions this week, anyone paying alimony for…

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