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Getting divorced is difficult and complicated even when both partners agree on nearly everything. The emotional toll can be overwhelming for one or both former partners during and after the divorce process or even for several years after. The journey can become even more difficult to navigate when two parents have different religious backgrounds and beliefs. What happens when one parent celebrates Hanukkah and the other celebrates Christmas? Or what […]

Brian C. Vertz, a partner and Pittsburgh child support lawyer at our family law firm, recently presented KidsVoice Executive Director Scott Hollander with a grant on behalf of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation.  KidsVoice is a nonprofit agency which represents approximately 3,000 children involved in the Allegheny County Juvenile Court system, advocating in the courtroom and community to help guarantee safe and enduring homes for the most vulnerable members of […]

The Pennsylvania Department of Health provides that in 2015 there were 33,600 divorces statewide.  Of those, 2,582 divorces were finalized in Allegheny County alone.  While these statistics do not reflect how many of those divorcing couples have minor children, anyone who is divorced or in the process of getting divorced understands how difficult the process can be for an adult, with even greater stress for a toddler, school-aged child or […]

We are thrilled our former law clerk Alyssa Sweeney can now officially become a part of our extensive family law team. As a Pittsburgh family law attorney in this year’s roster of new lawyers, Alyssa was officially sworn in by Judge Kim D. Eaton of the Allegheny Court of Common Please on October 20 in the Allegheny County Family Division. A Pittsburgh native, Alyssa previously worked as a legal intern […]

PITTSBURGH — Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, a leading matrimonial law firm in western Pennsylvania, has bolstered its collaborative law team, with newly certified attorneys Robert D. Raver and Andrew P. Griffin. Pollock Begg now has four attorneys certified in collaborative law, two in mediation and one in arbitration. The downtown Pittsburgh law firm serves a variety of high net worth individuals and high-level executives as well as […]

Pittsburgh child support lawyer Brian C. Vertz, partner at our firm, presented to a state-wide audience of more than 200 lawyers in 19 counties at the 20th Annual Family Law Update in October 2016. For the past 10 years, Brian has been the course planner, author and broadcast presenter of Family Law Update, which is one of the most popular educational programs of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.  During the broadcast, […]