Oct 9, 2019 | Settlement Agreements
Health insurance can be extremely important to anyone with ongoing serious health problems. Almost any bill from a doctor or hospital will be in multiple thousands of dollars and many of us will have a hard time just coming up with the price of a routine doctor visit...
Oct 9, 2019 | Military Divorce, Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Under Pennsylvania law, all marital assets are subject to division in a divorce. Certainly, the portion of a pension that accumulates during a marriage is likely to be considered a marital asset. A frequent reaction to that is for the owner of the pension to claim...
Sep 3, 2019 | Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Under Pennsylvania law, a gift may or may not be a marital asset subject to division like other assets. Items brought into the marriage at the beginning by one party which are never gifted to the marriage, would likely not be subject to division. A vehicle or bank...
Sep 3, 2019 | Alimony & Spousal Support, Military Divorce, Settlement Agreements
Any pension, military, public or private, may be considered an asset of the marriage and subject to division by agreement or by the Court; however, Pennsylvania law does not require that any pension or any other asset be mentioned in or made part of your divorce. In a...
Sep 3, 2019 | FAQ, Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Pets, for most people, become members of the family. While not given the same consideration as children, many divorces have seen the couple fighting tooth and nail over Rover. Under the letter of our law, nonetheless, pets are viewed simply as a marital asset and, as...
Sep 3, 2019 | FAQ, Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Assets, whether there are a lot of them or only a few or whether they are very valuable or have little value, are divided in one of two ways in a Pennsylvania divorce. Either the parties divide them on their own or the Judge will do it for you, and the Judge would do...
