Criminal Law in Pennsylvania - Just how bad is it?One of the first questions our criminal defense clients ask is "how much trouble am I in?" The answer to this depends on a variety of factors, such as how many prior offenses they have committed, what their intent was...
Year: 2013
Estate Administration: Will Contests
Estate Administration: What's in a Will Contest SeriesSomething Smells FunnyWill Contests - Part One: Lack of CapacityIn 2011, 104 year old copper heiress Hugette Clark died, leaving an estate worth approximately 300 million dollars. Ms. Clark's circumstance was...
Adoption & Custody: The Indian Child Welfare Act
Adoption & Custody: The Indian Child Welfare Act - An Extra Ingredient in Native American Custody and Adoption CasesIn 2009, a South Carolina couple, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, arranged a private adoption with the birth mother of a little girl. The Capobiancos...
Adoption & Custody: The Indian Child Welfare Act
Adoption & Custody: The Indian Child Welfare Act - An Extra Ingredient in Native American Custody and Adoption CasesIn 2009, a South Carolina couple, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, arranged a private adoption with the birth mother of a little girl. The Capobiancos...
Estate Planning & Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax
Estate Planning & Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax would have applied had the late actor, James Gandolfini, died in PA. "There's an old Italian saying: F--- up once, lose two teeth"In an earlier post, we discussed how James Gandolfini (a/k/a "Tony Soprano")...
Estate Planning & Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax
Estate Planning & Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax would have applied had the late actor, James Gandolfini, died in PA. "There's an old Italian saying: F--- up once, lose two teeth"In an earlier post, we discussed how James Gandolfini (a/k/a "Tony Soprano")...
Estate Planning Disaster? Potential Federal Estate Tax Bill for Gandolfini’s Estate
Estate Planning Gone Wrong? The Federal Estate Tax due on James Gandolfini's estate could be pretty stiff.'A wrong decision is better than indecision.'Sorry, Tony, but in your case that may not be true. James Gandolfini, the actor who played the iconic mobster...
ARD on a DUI for Dina Lohan? Possibly in Pennsylvania
ARD Would be a Good Option for Dina Lohan after her First DUI ArrestDina Lohan, mother of troubled star Lindsay Lohan, recently experienced some legal drama of her own after being pulled over on September 12th in Long Island, NY for doing 77 mph in a 55 mph zone....
Same Sex Married Couples: Equal Federal Taxation Treatment
Equal Federal Taxation Treatment for Same Sex Married CouplesOn August 29, 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS issued a press release, stating that all same-sex married couples who are legally married in a jurisdiction that recognizes same-sex marriage,...
Protection from Abuse: What it means for George Zimmerman
Protection from Abuse in Pennsylvania (PFA)Once again, George Zimmerman is finding himself the target of tabloid fodder and the headline of many major newspapers. However, this time his publicity is not related to the Trayvon Martin case, but to a domestic altercation...