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Why does a parent agree to a “temporary” or “interim” custody order that allows the other parent to move away with the children, when he or she intends is fighting to win custody from the relocating parent? A wish for marital reconciliation might be one reason, or perhaps an effort to win favor with the court by appearing to be even-tempered and amiable. Maybe the parent left behind hasn’t lined […]

A non-precedential decision of the Superior Court recently addressed the defenses available to a father who failed to pay child support for fifteen years, after the mother told him that her new husband intended to adopt. Lloyd v. Ader, No. 934 MDA 2012 (March 15, 2013). The child in this case was two years old when his parents divorced in California. Mother and child moved to Virginia, where she was […]

The recent non-precedential decision in Deslam v. Deslam, No. 1237 WDA 2012 (March 15, 2013) presented the Superior Court with the dilemma of Ellen Deslam in the nadir of her third marriage, just 36 months from her Medicare eligibility date, after a five year union. Apparently the divorce raised no serious dispute over the division of marital property; the Superior Court’s opinion focused only on the issuance of a divorce […]

Educational series runs March 18 through April 17 at locations throughout Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH — David S. Pollock, a founding partner of Downtown-based family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, along with firm associate Robert D. Raver will present “Tax Aspects of Separation and Divorce,” an educational lecture series co-hosted by the Community College of Allegheny County and Pennsylvania State University. The classes run Monday, March 18, through Wednesday, […]

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. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “First responders must prepare for worst by putting together living will,” by Adam Brandolph, March 10, 2013.

PITTSBURGH — Several attorneys from family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC are participating in the March 9 Wills for Heroes event, which will provide free basic estate planning services to local first responders. Volunteer attorneys, paralegals, notaries and law students will prepare wills, living wills, health care and financial power of attorney documents to first responders and their spouses. The event is a program of the Wills […]