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...
Court Decisions
In April, the Pennsylvania Legislature enacted amendments to a law that grants custody rights to families of servicemembers during military deployments. The new law, which is published at 51 Pa.C.S. § 4109, authorizes our...
The Superior Court this week heard the plea of a Vietnam Veteran who argued that the increase in value of his VA benefits, which had been deposited into an investment portfolio prior to marriage, should retain the exempt...
Frozen Embryos Awarded to Wife in Divorce
April 12, 2012
The Superior Court yesterday issued an opinion affirming a trial court’s decision to award frozen embyros to the wife as part of her equitable distribution of marital property, based upon her testimony that the embryos...
J.R.M. v. J.E.A., 33 A.3d 647 (Pa.Super.2011) – Mother and Father had a child to their very short term marriage. When the child was an infant, still breastfeeding, Mother initiated a custody proceeding and Father...