Family Law

Social media provides society with both benefits and downsides. There is something to be said about social media's role in the number of divorces that occur every year in the United States. There may be some sort of correlation between social media usage and the...

Pennsylvania residents who work with several members of the opposite sex are more likely to get divorced according to a study published on Sept. 25 in the medical journal Biology. Previous research has revealed that men tend to favor shorter relationships when...

Quite a few married couples in Pennsylvania end their marriages every year. Some are comfortable with the traditional divorce process, but others are looking for a different way to go about it. If you want to keep your divorce out of court and are willing to put in...

An increasing number of people in Pennsylvania who decide to divorce are in their older years. While people often think of younger couples as more likely to split, the divorce rate continues to grow for people ages 50 and over across the United States. Divorce has...

Couples who get divorced in Pennsylvania may struggle with finances after separation. According to a 2008 study conducted at the University of Essex, divorce may affect women's income more adversely than men's. The study found that women's income decreased by about a...

When parents in Pennsylvania decide to separate, there may be confusion as to how the child support system works. Noncustodial parents have a responsibility to provide financially for their children, and the support system functions to make that a reality. August...

While a growing national conversation has pointed to the damage that massive student loans have done to millennials' financial well-being and future, that student loan debt could also pose a risk to their marriages. Student loan debt is a significant financial issue...

The trauma of divorce doesn't always end when the final documents are signed. For warring Pennsylvania couples with children, the trauma is likely to continue unless they can agree on a suitable co-parenting arrangement. No matter what happens, the parents should...

One of the main worries people have when getting divorced is usually related to financial issues. For Pennsylvania residents who think divorce is a possibility or who are about to start the process, divorce does not have to come with financial shock if they educate...

Most noncustodial parents in Pennsylvania and around the country have their child support payments deducted electronically from their paychecks. Payroll deductions accounted for $24.4 billion of the $32.4 billion in child support collected in 2017 according to the...