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Child Custody Physical Custody Best Interest Standard

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

How does Pennsylvania define and differentiate between Legal Custody and Physical Custody?

In Pennsylvania, custody determinations are decided in the child’s best interest. Parents may be able to resolve custody issues between themselves by way of negotiation and agree to a custody stipulation; however, if the...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

If Custody Modification is “On the Table” so is Legal Custody

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Pennsylvania codified its custody laws in 1985 and at that time it drew a statutory distinction between decision making power (legal custody) and actual possession of the child (physical custody). In the 1980s there was a...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

What Would Bond Do?

Recently Daniel Craig was ridiculed for carrying his weeks-old infant daughter in a papoose tied around his neck. The negative comments, brought about by British Today star Piers Morgan, included the sentiment that by taking...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Court Permits Mother To Relocate With The Child More Than Five Hours Away

In September 2015, in a Non-precedential Decision, K.A.N. v. J.A.N., the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld a trial court's decision to permit mother's relocation with the child from Pennsylvania to Virginia. The relocation...more

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