PITTSBURGH — Brian C. Vertz, partner of family law firm Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC, has been appointed National Chair of the Amicus Committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). An...
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Prenup Interpretation is Controlled by Context
January 20, 2014
A non-precedential decision of the Superior Court, Morabito v. Morabito, No. 878 WDA 2013 (January 17, 2014) might provide a little window into the minds of our judiciary when interpreting prenuptial agreements. The...
School Must Bus Kids to Both Parents’ Homes in Shared Custody Case
January 13, 2014
In Watts v. Mannheim Twp. S.D., No. 935 C.D. 2013 (January 7, 2014), the Commonwealth Court was confronted with the issue of whether a school district must provide bus service to the homes of both parents who share custody...
In Crouse v. Crouse, No. 639 MDA 2013 (unpublished, January 7, 2014), the mother and father settled their child and spousal support case when they first separated in 2008. At that time, Father was a principal of a...
Too Much Sex is Grounds for Restraining Order
January 12, 2014
One of the first published family law decisions this year is Boykai v. Young, 2014 PA Super 4 (January 7, 2014), a protection from abuse action arising from Bucks County. In Boykai, a husband was evicted from the marital...