by Michael E. Eisenberg | Dec 18, 2019 | Family Law
When people in Pennsylvania decide to divorce, they may struggle with the complicated emotional, legal and financial aspects of the end of a marriage. While divorce rates have declined from around half of all marriages to around 39%, separating can be financially...
by Michael E. Eisenberg | Jun 20, 2019 | Family Law
On Jan. 1, 2019, alimony payments began to receive the same tax treatment as child support payments. This means that the person making the payments doesn’t get a tax break and the recipient doesn’t have to count payments as income. The rule applied to any...
by Michael E. Eisenberg | Jun 3, 2019 | Family Law
When business owners in Pennsylvania consider divorce, they may be particularly concerned about how the end of their marriage will affect the future of their business. After all, the economic effects of a divorce can last long after the emotional and practical...
by Michael E. Eisenberg | May 2, 2019 | Family Law
It’s understandable to think of divorce and annulment as the same thing. After all, they both lead to the conclusion of a marriage. While this is technically true, an annulment is the voiding of a marriage whereas divorce is the legal dissolution of a marriage....
by Michael E. Eisenberg | Apr 23, 2019 | Family Law
The rules that apply to child support in divorce cases are relatively fluid. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Parents in Pennsylvania who are going through a divorce and have children may want to learn about some of the considerations that are made in most...
by Michael E. Eisenberg | Feb 11, 2019 | Family Law
Generally, it is not possible to directly modify a prenuptial agreement, or PNA, during a divorce. However, it may be possible to change certain agreed-upon instruments with the aid of a legal document called a postnuptial agreement. By securing the representation of...
by Michael E. Eisenberg | Dec 17, 2018 | Family Law
For people in Pennsylvania, the explosion in popularity of DNA testing has led to increasingly common scientific validation of paternity and other familial relationships. The precision and growing affordability of DNA tests has made paternity tests more common, and...
by Michael E. Eisenberg | Dec 6, 2018 | Family Law
For many, this time of year involves buying gifts and other kinds of holiday spending. Such spending can have the potential to be a point of contention within a married couple. Recent surveys suggest that many individuals here in the U.S. aren’t very forthright...
by Michael E. Eisenberg | Nov 30, 2018 | Divorce, Divorce, Family Law
Most of us know that money or employment can influence whether couples get divorced. We’ve also all heard the popular theory that children of divorce oftentimes get divorced. These factors, however, may be a bit more surprising. Here are three things studies...
by Michael E. Eisenberg | Oct 11, 2018 | Family Law
More Millennials – specifically women – are sitting down with their fiancés and choosing to establish a prenuptial agreement before saying, “I do.” While many may be inclined to connect the rise of the prenup to high divorce rates,...
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