In this city with a deep and proud relationship with football, a custody dispute has pushed the debate about the sport’s safety into a new arena: family court. But the science around the long-term cognitive and neurological damage caused by football is still emerging. Judges who side with parents trying to prevent…
Paternity Law is the legal area dealing with establishing or disputing fatherhood (also known as “paternity”). Common reasons for paternity disputes usually include determining a potential father’s rights and obligations with regard to a child or establishing rights related to inheritance after a death. Traditionally, a child born to the wife during a marriage under…
Child Custody It is Pennsylvania public policy, when in the best interest of the child, to assure a reasonable and continuing contact of the child(ren) with both parents after a separation or dissolution of marriage and the sharing of the rights and responsibilities of child rearing by both parents and continuing contact of the child(ren)…
Child Support Child support in Pennsylvania is money paid to the custodial parent for the support, maintenance, and education of the children. Voluntary gifts and payment of rent, which benefit the child when the child is with you, may not be considered support. Child support ceases with emancipation of the child by state law or…