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Expungement of a Protection from Abuse (PFA) Record

April 19th, 2018

By Aneesah El-Amin-Jaamia The Pennsylvania Protection from Abuse Act provides a remedy for a victim of abuse to seek protection from their abuser. A protection from abuse petition and temporary order prohibiting abuse can be obtained if there is a familial or household relationship between the victim and abuser or if they were intimate partners….

Types of Adoption in Pennsylvania

July 14th, 2016

“Open” or “closed” are two of the many ways in which we distinguish the various types of adoptions in Pennsylvania. There are also kinship, or family adoptions, agency adoptions and international adoptions. Today, we’d like to focus on the open vs. closed distinction, as it is something that you can see in any of the…

5 Things to Know About Valuing Marital Property in a Divorce

June 16th, 2016

It’s one of the perennial questions of divorce: who gets what property? Most family courts would prefer to see questions of property disposition handled through direct negotiation between the parties; equitably dividing a divorcing couple’s assets is a laborious and time-consuming process for a judge. Even in relatively amicable divorces, however, the opposing parties often…

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Posts Tagged ‘philadelphia family law attorneys’

Expungement of a Protection from Abuse (PFA) Record

Types of Adoption in Pennsylvania

5 Things to Know About Valuing Marital Property in a Divorce