For the past few years, some Pennsylvania counties have experimented with parenting coordination, which involves the appointment of a lawyer or therapist to assist parents in resolving routine conflicts that do not (read:...
In PHD v. RRD, 2012 PA Super 246 (November 13, 2012), the appeal arose in a custody proceeding. Father and Mother were the divorced parents of two children, whose custody was governed by a September 2011 custody order. That...
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...