Finances and Divorce A major cause of divorce is a disagreement over how to handle your family financial matters. If you have just made the decision to divorce you may be wondering how you are going to pay your legal bills through the process. You may be facing a myriad of problems and not sure…

A few cheers and a hip, hip, hooray are in order for a group of attorneys who have been lobbying within the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) for support for the Collaborative Law Act. The Act, which was drafted by a national committee in 2010 and has already been passed by nine states and the District of…

Sometimes separation is a cooling off period for feuding spouses. Sometimes it is a substitute for divorce. According to a 2012 study by graduate student Dmitry Tumin of Ohio State University, about 79 % of married couples who separate end up getting divorced. In Pennsylvania, you don’t need to file legal papers to prove you…