Sandra L. Meilton for receiving Best Lawyers' Lawyer of the Year 2021 for Family Law in Harrisburg Pennsylvania!
Sometimes the match is not made in heaven… Over the past several weeks, two stories appeared in the press which caught my eye. The first involved a prospective groom who sexually molested one of the bridesmaids the night before the
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I read with horror the recent story about the Asian American couple who gave birth to twins only to be told that due to a “mix up” at the California fertility clinic, the twins were not their biological children and
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At Home DNA tests (e.g. 23andMe and AncestryDNA) are all the rage. DNA test kits were gift of choice in many families this past Christmas. In fact, it is reported that 1,500,000 of the take home DNA kits were sold
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DNA take home test kits can be used to receive information about “disease risk” and/or to learn about ancestral background. Whatever the purpose, users must remember that DNA is an extremely complicated set of genes that cannot be simplified into
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When dividing assets as part of a divorce, it is important to remember that even though financial accounts may appear to be fairly equal in dollar value, the nature of the investments may be very different and the financial consequences
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On October 12, 2018, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolfe signed in to law Act 79 which amends Pennsylvania’s Protection from Abuse Act (23 Pa.C.S.A. 6107). The changes modify some of the provisions that deal with the possession of guns and firearm
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On August 9, 2018, The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania entered an order which authorizes the use of a Parenting Coordinator in custody cases involving repeated or intractable conflict between parties. The Rule provides that a Parenting Coordinator may be used
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The Protection From Abuse Act (hereinafter the Act) 23 Pa.C.S.A. Sections 6101-6117, defines “abuse” as an attempt to cause or intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury, serious bodily injury, rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, statutory sexual assault,
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Spring has finally arrived and with it comes prom, high school, and college graduations, planning for summer vacation and finalizing plans for long-awaited spring weddings. By this time most of the wedding plans have been completed. The venue and menu
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