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The Pennsylvania child support guidelines were modified on August 3, 2011, effective September 3, 2011.

Firm leaders honored for third year in a row by prestigious publication PITTSBURGH — All five partners of Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC have been named to the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in collaboration with the U.S. News & World Report. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on a rigorous peer-review process and is described by The American Lawyer as “the most respected referral list of […]

The family law attorneys at Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC author many articles on matrimonial law and are frequently called upon by the media for perspective and insight. Please note certain articles may require login information. The Legal Intelligencer, “The Art of Balancing Work for Multiple Partners,” by Joseph Williams, Sept. 4, 2011. (PDF)  

PITTSBURGH — Candice L. Komar, partner at Downtown-based Pollock Begg Komar Glasser LLC, will appear on PCNC’s NightTalk Legal Round Table on Tuesday, August 30, live at 8 p.m. This is Komar’s sixth appearance on the WPXI’s Pittsburgh Cable News Channel programming, which airs for most viewers on channel 35 locally. Komar will appear on Tuesday evening as part of a panel that will discuss recent legal topics in the […]

Child support contempt defendants are not entitled to court-appointed representation even in cases where incarceration is threatened, says the U.S. Supreme Court, but the state courts must follow procedures that ensure the fundamental fairness of contempt proceedings. In Turner v. Rogers, Docket No. 10-10, June 20, 2011, the Court considered the rights of a South Carolina defendant who had been held in contempt of a child support order five times […]

Last month the Wisconsin Supreme Court weighed in on two issues that are important to family lawyers and their clients who operate professional practices like physicians, lawyers, dentists and accountants. In Marriage of McReath, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that “saleable” goodwill would be considered marital property, in a case where a dentist argued that “personal” goodwill should not be counted as part of the marital estate. The Court also […]