By Dawn Padanyi, Esquire Most people have to work within a financial budget; and that budget usually doesn’t allow us to have everything we want. We need to prioritize our wants and establish what is a need. If you are going through a divorce, whether you and your spouse are amicable or not, you definitely […]
By Dawn Padanyi, Esquire In a recent Superior Court decision in Weber v. Weber, the three-judge panel ruled that a child can have standing to intervene in his parent’s divorce action to enforce a marital settlement agreement. The Superior Court ruled that a son is permitted to intervene in an attempt to enforce a provision […]
By: Dawn Padanyi, Esquire I often get questions from parents who are separating and/or divorcing when they have minor children at home almost ready for college. Typically, the client will ask, “Does my ex have to help me pay for the kids’ college?” The short answer is no. Pennsylvania does not require that either parent […]
I’m often asked by individuals who are in the midst or fringe of a divorce, whether or not there soon-to-be EX is entitled to their inheritance in the divorce. To answer this question let me first give a summary of what is divided in a divorce and how. In a divorce the marital property will […]
Many mediators are lawyers, however a mediator is not acting as a lawyer when he/she is hired by parties to mediate their divorce. Many lawyers are mediators also, albeit a lawyer is not acting as mediator when he/she is hired to represent a client in the capacity of a lawyer. Many lawyers tell their clients […]
The Pennsylvania Senate voted to pass an Amendment to the Divorce code that would reduce the separation period for no-fault divorces from 2 years to 1 year. This would apply to those divorce filed after the effective date of the new law. The current waiting period for a no-fault divorce requires that parties live separate […]
This blog is a continuation of the various forms of support for one’s spouse or ex spouse under Pennsylvania law. In my last blog I explained what spousal support is in Pennsylvania. Today I will explain what alimony pendente Lite is under Pennsylvania law. Alimony pendente Lite (APL) (pronounced “aləˌmōnē penˌdentē ˈlīdē”) is support payments for one’s […]
By Dawn Padanyi, Esq. It will soon be easier to get a divorce in Pennsylvania. Effective June 23, 2016, the Pennsylvania Divorce code will be amended to add an additional ground for divorce. Currently the grounds for divorce include the following: Fault, Institutionalization, Mutual Consent, and Irretrievable Breakdown. The additional grounds for divorce involving personal […]
