Adoption is the making of a new family. Maybe that’s why I enjoy handling adoption cases. After decades of helping couples split their families apart through divorce, it gives me great pleasure to splice another family together through adoption. Step-parent adoption is the legal binding of a newly-formed family in which a parent re-marries and…
Read MorePennsylvania Child Support law allows for the courts to award amounts above or below the standard guidelines. This is called deviation. The law provides for deviation from guidelines when taking into consideration factors such as unusual needs or fixed obligations; support obligations to children from previous relationships; other income in the household; the relative assets…
Read MoreChild Support is, understandably, a primary factor of concern for divorcing parents. When a family is intact, there is one home, one grocery budget, one checking account to buy shoes and school supplies and trips to the movies. The separation of domiciles in divorce can mean double living expenses and possibly more or less working…
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