In Pennsylvania, legal thinking is that everyone should have a prenuptial agreement. In the keystone state, you can even create a prenuptial agreement AFTER you’ve already married. (Call me if you want to understand how.) Viewed with a long term perspective, a prenuptial agreement is considered part of estate planning. While some newlyweds might find it distasteful…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court’s Same Sex marriage ruling in June has had its first impact on the interpretation of common law marriage in Bucks County, PA jurisprudence. Bucks County Judge C. Theodore Fritsch Jr. issued a ruling reported in the Courier Times July 30 allowing that two women who weren’t legally married but lived as spouses for 12…
Read MoreMessy, adversarial divorces are out. Collaborative law divorces are in. Collaborative law divorce is when both parties separately retain specially trained collaborative law attorneys. Both parties and their counsel then sit down together with the goal of reaching a settlement in a civil manner and, most importantly, avoiding a trial. Collaborative divorce is, in essence,…
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