PITTSBURGH — Pollock Begg Komar Glasser & Vertz LLC founding partner and child custody litigator Todd M. Begg will moderate a legal panel entitled “Beyond the Basic Custody Evaluation” at this year’s Pennsylvania...
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How the Fiscal Cliff Tax Deal Affects Child Support
January 4, 2013
Over New Year’s Weekend, our Congress passed legislation to avert the “fiscal cliff,” which would have resulted in dramatic income tax increases. The new law has ushered in tax increases, to be sure, but...
No “Best Interest” Hearing to Determine Fatherhood if Putative Father has No Relationship
December 21, 2012
A few months ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court resculpted the landscape of paternity cases in K.E.M. v. P.C.S., 38 A.3d 798 (Pa.2012), by establishing a “best interests” standard in cases where the presumption...
Denial of Record Hearing Violates Parenting Coordinator Laws
December 21, 2012
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:...
Protecting Assets in Divorce
December 9, 2012
One of the first issues that spouses may encounter during a marital separation is the problem of protecting assets, particularly bank accounts, investments, personal property, and cash. There is a natural tendency toward...