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Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC assistant paralegal Cindy Wirtz has been named to the Pittsburgh Paralegal Association’s 2012 Board of Directors and Officers. The longtime Pollock Begg employee joins seven other directors and will serve a one-year term on the PPA board. View full release (PDF).

Valuation of commercial real estate and rental properties is an issue that arises in high-asset divorce proceedings. Real estate appraisal is sometimes performed within a business valuation, if the business owns real estate. In 2011, the U.S. Tax Court issued an opinion addressing real estate valuation in a case where competing experts offered two different methods. Like most Tax Court cases, this opinion involved an owner who had passed away, […]

Aimee L. Burton, an associate at Downtown-based family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, will present the Annual Family Law Update at the Washington County Winter Bench Bar Conference on Friday, February 10, 2012. Burton and co-presenter Washington County Judge Gary Gilman will review recent case law updates in the areas of custody and divorce as well as changes to the current support rules for an audience […]

The child support guidelines were amended in December 2011, when the Supreme Court Domestic Relations Rules Committee enacted Rule 1910.11(d)(3). The new rule, which is targeted at cases where one or both parties are unrepresented, requires the court to perform a calculation of the child support guidelines even if the parents have an agreement. The Rule was not intended to thwart settlements between parents, but “so that they can enter […]

There are many ways to describe a custody arrangement. The new Pennsylvania custody law, enacted in 2011, defines the terms we frequently use in describing custody: “Legal custody.” The right to make major decisions on behalf of the child, including, but not limited to, medical, religious and educational decisions. “Partial physical custody.” The right to assume physical custody of the child for less than a majority of the time. “Physical […]

Candice L. Komar, founding partner of Pittsburgh-based family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, has been named a recipient of the Pittsburgh Business Times 2012 Women in Business Awards. She is one of 25 women in the region being honored for her business accomplishments and community leadership. Each year, the Women in Business Awards recognize the exceptional accomplishments of a diverse array of women leaders in some […]