The Law Offices of John D. Pallante recently secured a 2.75 million-dollar settlement for an injured pedestrian in Philadelphia. The accident occurred in April of 2015, while the client was walking by a theatre in the Chinatown section of center city Philadelphia. The theatre had a show that night and a truck delivering equipment for … Read more
The Law Offices of John D. Pallante received a final judgment in the amount of 3 million dollars from the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania for an injured worker who lost all the fingers on his left hand while operating a dangerous machine. On April 29, 2011, the Plaintiff was working on a … Read more
Pennsylvania courts are notoriously slow in catching up to the rest of society in general, and in divorce and custody cases in particular. Complicating matters is the fact that there are 67 counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and very few of those counties are conducting custody cases in the exact same way as their … Read more
In Pennsylvania, if you have a child with someone else and you do not live together with that person, either of you may file a complaint for child support. Each county may have its own particular procedures and timelines, but the amount of support is determined by a set of guidelines (i.e., “the Guidelines”) which … Read more
When you and your co-parent separate or divorce, you must come up with a parenting plan for your children. These plans are usually broken down into school year, summers/vacation and holidays. As September rolls around, the carefree summer arrangements you had for your school-aged child are phased out and you must get into “back to … Read more
One of the most common questions I receive from clients who are divorcing is, what are we dividing? The answer has more to do with when you received an asset rather than who has title to it. Say that you were married in 1995 and decided to divorce in 2015. While you were married, you … Read more
When winter’s brutal winds turn into spring’s warm breezes and the flowers are in bloom, parents’ thoughts turn to summer time and vacation. If you are lucky enough to be able to travel outside of the country, you want to take your children with you. But your co-parent is not agreeing to it. Now what? … Read more
You and your child’s other parent (your co-parent) have told each other that you’re going to work things out outside of court and agree to a parenting plan. You’ve always gotten along well as co-parents but your relationship as spouses or significant others have fallen apart. You like your co-parent but agree that it’s not … Read more
What happens when you cannot get along with your child’s other parent (co-parent) and you decide to go your separate ways? That could be either through filing a divorce complaint or, if you’ve never been married to the co-parent, filing a custody complaint. You can start the complaint yourself or, if you are unfamiliar with … Read more
If you are getting divorced and you have any type of marital property, you will need to undergo the process known as equitable distribution. What is equitable distribution, you ask? It is really just a fancy name for dividing up any property that you and your soon to be ex-spouse acquired during your marriage. That … Read more
A recent Montgomery County, Pennsylvania case, Plisinski v. Plisinski, dealt with something known as alimony pendente lite, or APL for short. APL is a type of support usually paid between spouses while their divorce is pending but not yet final. The question in Plisinski was whether APL should continue during the appeal process, when it … Read more
Child custody consists of two basic “types” of custody, i.e. physical custody and legal custody. Physical custody is where the child lives or spends overnights. Legal custody is the decision making process; this includes medical, educational and religious decision making. These two together are what makes up the majority of issues that parents fight about … Read more