BKW Blog

What To Do While Stuck At Home: Case Management Self-Health Check

You have now been given a moment to stop, think and breathe. Use it wisely. Decide that if a legal separation or divorce is the best option for you, what does the big picture look like for your family?

Lisa Shapson, The Legal Intelligencer (online) and Pennsylvania Law Weekly Family Lawyers: It’s a Good Time for a Case Management Self-Health Check As my kids have grown from young elementary school students to middle school… Read More

Posted: April 21st, 2020
by Lisa Shapson

Posted in Family Law, News, Practice of Law, Publications

Wedding Planning? Consult with a Divorce Attorney First!

You’re engaged – Congratulations! After calling your family and friends, you probably Googled how to plan the perfect wedding, which led to lots of websites advising you on what steps you need to take. Somehow,… Read More

Posted: April 14th, 2020
by Eileen Murphy

Posted in Agreements, Marriage, Prenuptial Agreements

We’re All in This Together

“Before we can recover, we must survive.” That’s what Governor Tom Wolf said recently during a virtual press conference regarding Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). That’s pretty intense, right?! I repeated those words a couple of… Read More

Posted: March 30th, 2020
by Anna Marie Trantas

Posted in Pandemic Survival, Parenting

The COVID-19 Financial Fallout – Child Support

The fallout of mandatory orders to “stay home” is financial. If you have lost your job . . . you must proactively apply to have your monthly support amount modified. Unemployment income is still considered income, so you will still need to pay child support.

Posted: March 30th, 2020
by Eileen Murphy

Posted in Child Support, Support

Parenting in a Pandemic

I am hopeful too that all parents will find new patterns of relating to each other in a kinder, gentler fashion that lasts long after these unusual circumstances.

Posted: March 26th, 2020
by Eileen Murphy

Posted in Best Interests of the Child, Custody, Parenting

Philadelphia Legal Name Change Clinic and CLE

BKW attorney Phillip Sylvester attended the Philadelphia Bar Association’s February 1, 2020 legal name change continuing legal education course and clinic that followed immediately thereafter. The course was taught by the Bar Association’s LGBTQ Committee… Read More

Posted: March 13th, 2020
by Judy Stouffer

Posted in LGBTQ, Name Change, Philadelphia Bar Association, Practice of Law, Publications

Joni Berner on the Business Aspects of Law

For the past five years, Joni Berner has served as a co-panelist for Professor Andrew Lund’s Business Aspects of Law module for 2Ls at Villanova University’s School of Law, her alma mater. The class allows… Read More

Posted: January 9th, 2020
by Judy Stouffer

Posted in Practice of Law