Family Law

Understanding Interim Financial Relief

2024/09/06

When parties separate in anticipation of divorce, there are several key financial considerations that must be addressed at the outset. Who’s staying in the residence? Who’s paying support to whom, what, if anything, do we do with the marital assets and debts while the case is pending? Interim relief is not the final, disposition of… Read more »

End-of-life Concerns Regarding Marital Property Interests: The Interplay Between the PEF Code and the Divorce Code

2024/07/26

Imagine this scenario: you represent an elderly client who is in a tenuous marital relationship. Worse, the client’s cognitive functioning is declining. And the client’s longtime home, which was acquired during the marriage, is not titled in that client’s name, although the property has a substantial marital value. Under the Divorce Code, your client has… Read more »

Top 5 Divorce and Custody Myths

2024/06/19

Whether it is from TV shows, movies, or stories from friends, people who are unacquainted with the divorce and custody process often come to initial consultations with attorneys with certain expectations that are, well, based on myths. Here are the most common myths that have made the top five list: I didn’t work during the… Read more »

22 Pietragallo Lawyers named in 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

2024/05/17

Pietragallo is pleased to announce that 22 lawyers have been named to the 2024 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list. Super Lawyers is a service of Thomson Reuters legal division which compiles a list of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. Each year, Super Lawyers select attorneys based on peer nominations and… Kerri Lee Cappella and Robert Weinberg to present to Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh

2024/05/13

Partner Kerri Lee Cappella and attorney Robert Weinberg will be co-presenting “Succession Planning: Premarital and Postnuptial Agreements as Divorce and Estate Planning Tools,” on behalf of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh. Taking place May 16, this presentation will cover how prenuptial agreements are necessary in estate and succession planning and how to utilize premarital agreements… Read more »

A House Divided-Who Keeps the House in a Divorce?

2024/05/07

When you hear a couple is divorcing, one of the first questions people ask is “who is keeping the house?” Clients rarely ask the question that way. They more often ask, should I keep the house? Indeed, that is the better question because keeping the house is not always a good thing. Couples hardly ever… Read more »

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