After decades of unwavering advocacy to codify same-sex marriages, the United States Supreme Court finally legalized the unions in 2015. Fast forward to today, same-sex married couples enjoy the same legal right to divorce as straight-married couples. Looking at the...
Getting divorced is always stressful, but the process is often less fraught when you don't have children. If you live in Pennsylvania and plan to end your marriage, your concerns will likely be about financial issues. Splitting finances in divorce Even without the...
When a Pennsylvania married couple decides to call it quits, the court decides on matters like property division and custody. Another important issue is how to treat debt that was accrued during the marriage. This is how debt is divided in divorce. Factors determining...
Nobody decides to get married with the intention of getting divorced. But if you find your Pennsylvania marriage coming to an end, one of the best case scenarios for you, your spouse and your children is choosing an amicable divorce. What does an amicable divorce...
When your spouse wants a divorce, they will file a petition with the Pennsylvania family court. The law will then require them to give you the divorce petition papers in person or via mail, making sure that you receive them. After that, you'll have a very limited time...
Though Pennsylvania, like all other states, divvies up assets based on marital and separate status in divorce, it does offer protections for inheritances. Typically, so long as the beneficiary spouse does not commingle the inheritance with marital property, the...
Marriage looks different than it did in past generations, with millennials deviating from many trends and expectations set by their parents. This is not necessarily a bad thing, though. Marriage and divorce are simply evolving to adapt to new societal standards and...
Despite statistics showing that nearly half of marriages end in divorce, it is probably fair to say that many of those divorced spouses wish they could have fixed their marriages instead. In fact, research shows that spouses in unhappy marriages may work for up to six...
