Pennsylvania Family Law Blog

The proposed housing reform package may offer some bail-outs for those who have experienced losses as a result of the downturn in the housing market, but it may not offer enough help for average families trying to get out from under overwhelming mortgages, especially if those families are trying to divorce and complete settlement negotiations.
The [...]

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April 16 is National Divorce Day, according to Beverly Pekala, a Chicago divorce attorney who specializes in family law. She maintains that more people file for divorce the day after the federal tax deadline than any other day of the year. Money, she said, is at the heart of the problem.
That’s because on April 15, [...]

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Divorce is never easy, and fear of one’s financial future often looms large. Property division, alimony, child support are usually negotiated. Then, if either or both spouses remarry, two or three sets of kids complicate matters.
Careful advisers always delve into the question of life insurance early in the process. What will happen, for example, if [...]

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Sounds as if New York Giant Michael Strahan may have had a successful day in an appellate court, if the Newark Star Ledger is to be believed:
The slugfest that is Michael Strahan’s divorce case resumed today in state appellate court, where the football player found a sympathetic ear for his claim that a lower court [...]

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The Financial Times ran the below story in this weekend’s edition, looking at how shifts in the value of real estate can complicate property settlements. While the article focuses largely on how rising values - a thing of the past in most markets in the United States - can change how spouses approach their divorces [...]

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Honesty may be the best policy for a successful marriage. But when it comes to divorce, couples are becoming increasingly devious in concealing their wealth from each other.
One fifth of couples who divorced last year tried to conceal their assets or income from their spouse - a figure which has doubled since 2006 - a [...]

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Seems Pam Anderson is getting divorced again. If I recall correctly, this was the guy that she slep with because she owed him money. And folks wonder why these things don’t work out.

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A lesbian couple who married in Massachusetts cannot get divorced in their home state of Rhode Island, the state’s highest court ruled Friday in a setback to gay rights advocates who sought greater recognition for same-sex relationships.The Rhode Island Supreme Court, in a 3-2 decision, said the family court lacks the authority to grant a [...]

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This from a blog called Sid in The City:
Apparently officials in Broward County, Florida, don’t spend their waking hours fretting about the divorce rate in this country, because they just made getting a divorce even easier than it was. You can now do it online. The new county service provides for Divorce Applications, Motions for [...]

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A survey published this week reveals that the vast majority of adults want to be married. More than seven out of ten say they would like a ring on their finger – more than ten times the number of people who want to live with a partner without being married.

The survey, carried out for the [...]

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