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Beware of the quick estate plan:  why you shouldn't just leave everything to beneficiaries

Beware of the quick estate plan: why you shouldn't just leave everything to beneficiaries

A common way to avoid the time commitment in estate planning is to leave everything to direct beneficiaries or make someone a co-owner of all of your assets. This article looks at just one scenario where this will not work.

Paying Child Support in Pennsylvania: A Survival Guide

Paying Child Support in Pennsylvania: A Survival Guide

You have been ordered to pay support for your spouse and/or for your children. Despite your willingness to make the best of a difficult situation, the "one size fits all" Domestic Relations system can still trip you up. The devil is always in the details where support orders are concerned...

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I Am Unemployed Because of COVID-19. Do I Still Have to Pay Alimony?

I Am Unemployed Because of COVID-19. Do I Still Have to Pay Alimony?

Unemployment is everywhere across Pennsylvania at an unprecedented level, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Non-essential" business offices remain closed as our economy labors under life-support, leaving us all to wonder what happens next.

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Pennsylvania Child Custody Law is Changing: Can Grandparents and Non-Parents Still File?

Pennsylvania Child Custody Law is Changing: Can Grandparents and Non-Parents Still File?

The most fortunate children grow up being loved by many adults besides their parents, but loving a child cannot by itself confer the right to claim custody of that child in Pennsylvania. Only people who have "standing" under the law may ask a Pennsylvania family court to grant them an award of...

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