In Pennsylvania, individuals who either plead guilty to a crime or are found guilty of a crime following a trial are often sentenced to a period of incarceration in a jail...
If a person pleads guilty or is found to be guilty following a trial they may be placed on probation as a form of punishment. Quite simply, probation means that the...
Individuals and businesses can file for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. When an individual files they get rid of their debts and go on with their lives. When a business files, its assets...
Most lawyers have a policy of withholding money from the settlement, court award or verdict to pay those doctors and medical facilities that are willing to wait to be paid when...
The concept of alimony has been with us for centuries. It’s older than the Roman Empire, predates the birth of Socrates and Aristotle and had been around for 1,000 years at...
Divorce can be a frightening experience, partly because there is so much uncertainty involved. You look to the future and see only questions that you can’t answer “Where do I go...
Last year was a bad year for DUI crashes in Pennsylvania. According to state police, troopers responded to more than 5,100 DUI-related accidents in 2017, a 14 percent jump from the...
Do you have a landfill lurching over your backyard? Is your next-door neighbor a nightclub? If not, you can thank your local zoning laws. What is zoning? What is zoning?...
You’ve just gotten married. Your new spouse has kids from a previous marriage, but at this point, you think of them as your kids too. Unfortunately, the law has other ideas,...
Writing a will is one of the basics of estate planning. It’s also something 40 percent of us avoid doing. And on some level, we can understand that. Writing a will...
The term “parole” dates back to the Medieval era, and comes from the French word for “speech,” although a more exact meaning is “word of honor.” Long before the modern criminal...
It’s hard for some people to stay organized, even in the best circumstances. And most of us would agree that getting divorced rarely qualifies as “the best circumstances.” It’s a traumatic,...
If you reach the point where you are unable to make decisions regarding your medical care due to advanced age, an accident or an illness, a living will, trust and durable...
Why is it that so many of us leave this world without ever having written a living will? That’s actually a fairly easy question to answer: Very few of us like...
Marriages may end, but being a parent is a lifetime job. After a divorce, you may be required to pay child support, or you might find that you depend on it...
