This past week, together with some of my colleagues of the Bucks County Bar Association, we attorneys took to the classroom to interact with students to teach them about the significant role our U.S. Constitution plays in society from the protection of our legal rights as individuals to the welfare of our society as a […]
By Diane Jonas On Monday, April 22, 2019, a Federal Court of Appeals heard a case involving parking enforcement violations and the legality of citations issued. The court determined that when officers mark a car tire with chalk for the specific purpose of gathering information to ascertain whether a time limit has been exceeded, it […]
Negotiations can be quite complex when it comes to settling a divorce. Many times parents of minor children will financially take child support into consideration when he/she is negotiating the overall settlement of their equitable distribution in divorce. Afterall, how much one is receiving per month for the support of your minor children affects the […]
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court to bring back parent coordination in child custody In 2013, parent coordination was given the axe due to concerns that the parent coordination rules circumvented the due process rights of the parties in these custody proceedings. Also, there was concerns about the validity and enforceability of the decisions by the parent […]
I recently had the pleasure of volunteering to teach a small segment on the Constitution to 5th graders at Brookwood Elementary School in Levittown, PA organized by the Learning With Lawyers Program. The book we studied was If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution, by Elizabeth Levy. One of the topics was the […]
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By Dawn Padanyi, Esquire On April 17, 2016, the medical marijuana program (SB 3) was signed into law in Pennsylvania by Governor Tom Wolf. The medical marijuana became available to patients at approved dispensaries on February 15, 2018. Under the law individuals with 17 serious medical conditions can legally be prescribed medical marijuana by a […]
By Dawn Padanyi, Esquire What is chattel you ask? The easy answer is that chattel is movable personal property not to be confused with real estate. So is your beloved family Schnauzer consider chattel under the law? Well, yes, under the current state of the law, Fido the Schnauzer is considered chattel. However, some Pennsylvania […]
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, Esq. A Court of Common Pleas Judge in Philadelphia dismissed the claims of a plaintiff husband against the defendant pastor who had an affair with the Plaintiff’s ex-wife. The plaintiff Timothy Laidlaw found a civil suit against Christopher McCloskey and his former Church, Grace Point for breach of fiduciary duty, negligent and […]
