Category Archives: Child Custody


National Adoption Day

November 17th was National Adoption Day.  Adoptions are one of the few truly joyous moments that a family law practitioner has the honor of facilitating.  Pennsylvania has an Adoption Act codified at 23 Pa.C.S. § 2101, et seq. which discusses [...Read More]

Custody Schedules During the Holidays

As some of the major holidays are approaching, now is an excellent time to locate and dust off your custody order and read through it, especially those paragraphs that discuss Trick-or-Treat, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza and/or New Years. If the [...Read More]

Parenting Coordination – What is it and how does it work?

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 [...Read More]

Transfer Custody of Child to Grandparent

On May 4, 2018, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law, amendments to the custody statute that clarify the situations where grandparents can file proceedings seeking partial child custody and expanding the rights of third parties who can file custody proceedings. [...Read More]

Time for a Spring Custody Checkup

As spring and summer approach, it is time to pull out your custody agreements and orders to refresh your recollection regarding precisely what your schedule provides for. Too often parents become complacent about the schedule. You have almost made it [...Read More]

Safe Exchange Zones

It is not often that I get to create a blog for my firm, Daley Zucker Meilton & Miner, LLC, that also involves my client, Lower Allen Township. As Solicitor of the Township, I am very pleased to announce that [...Read More]

Attorneys Sandy Meilton and Tina Laudermilch talk about Family Law on Good Day PA

Sandy Meilton and Tina Laudermilch were on Good Day PA to talk about Child Custody and Support law and why any individual with children to should be aware of these laws. Find out more in the video below:  

Attorneys Susan Good and Tina Laudermilch on Good Day PA

Susan Good and Tina Laudermilch were on Good Day PA to discuss important things to know about child custody cases. “In child custody matters, one of the biggest misconceptions about custody is that it only involves just two parents. That’s [...Read More]

3 Best Co Parenting Apps to Download After Divorce

3 Best Co Parenting Apps to Download After Divorce Back to school time is often an exciting time for kids – starting a new grade or school, new teachers, making new friends and starting new activities.  For parents, back to [...Read More]

International Vacations & Passports for Minor Children

Approval of Both Parents is Required for a Passport With summer right around the corner, many families are thinking about scheduling family vacations, or they have already scheduled family vacations. Vacations that include travel outside of the United States have [...Read More]