Blog Posts in 2014

Forfeiture and Seizure actions in Pennsylvania are proceedings against individuals whereby the government attempts to take private property based on ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court released on opinion earlier this week which overturned a lower court’s decision that clear and convincing evidence must ...

The Pennsylvania State Police filed seventy-three (73) appeals to the Superior Court after the Commonwealth and defendants in those cases entered into ...

Does Grandmother who has been involved in her Grandchild’s life since birth, who has been a babysitter and substantially aided in raising the child, ...

The Commonwealth was prohibited from introducing evidence it obtained through a search warrant because the affidavit of probable cause relied on ...

Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett recently began the process of supporting a senate bill for the introduction of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. On ...

The Superior Court recently issued an opinion concerning whether a grandmother had standing to pursue legal and physical custody against the ...

Our Commonwealth has long recognized the parental right to use corporal punishment. This parental right is specifically protected by statute and ...

There is no custody court for pets of divorcing parties. So, even though many people consider their pets to be another member of the family, a pet ...