It may seem that very short-duration marriages would be easier to dissolve in divorce than long-term marriages. After all, not much time has gone by, so it should be less complicated. However, in many ways, the opposite is the case, primarily because asset division is not clear-cut. In these circumstances, mediation is the best option…
Read MoreDivorced and divorcing persons often have trouble figuring out what to do come Valentine’s Day. Make the day about a broader definition of love with gifts to family members or friends instead of a lover? Ignore the day? (Hard to do with such a commercialized event.) Take the psychological stance that you are your own…
Read MoreKinship Adoption is when a relative – in Pennsylvania a birth relative is defined as a parent, grandparent, stepparent, sibling, uncle or aunt of the child’s birth family, whether the relationship is by blood, marriage or adoption – steps up to take legal and physical responsibility for a child. Although families have been taking care…
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