Custody relocation cases are among the hardest decisions that judges face. When parents cross state lines to relocate, the courts must decide which judge has jurisdiction, before addressing the substantive question of where...
A new Superior Court decision arising from Northampton County affirms the constitutional advantage that biological parents have in custody proceedings against grandparents and other third parties. In V.B. and C.B. v. J.E.B....
In BKM v. JAM (2012 PA Super 156, July 31, 2012), the Superior Court reviewed a custody order in which the Montgomery County court had imposed an equally shared custody arrangement if Mother did not relocate to Sweden, or...
The Superior Court recently issued its opinion in Orfield v. Weindel, 2012 PA Super 135 (June 29, 2012), in which it held that the trial court erred by imposing a six month prison sentence upon a father who had not paid...
Kimock v. Jones (2012 PA Super 128, 6/19/2012) – Last month the Superior Court considered the plea of a father whose custody rights were severely restricted due to his alienation from his teenage daughter. Mother and...