Got engaged this holiday season in PA or WV? Learn why a prenup can protect your future, reduce stress, and strengthen your marriage before you say “I do.”
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Understand how Pennsylvania calculates child support, when it can change, and how to protect your rights with clear, practical legal guidance.
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The end of a marriage can feel like a storm—painful, disorienting, and sometimes full of guilt or anger. But it can also be a turning point—a chance to rebuild your life with strength, clarity, and dignity.
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Understanding divorce costs shouldn’t be complicated. That’s why The Skeen Firm Flat Fee Family Law Program created a new Washington County Divorce Filing Fee Calculator — a free online tool that helps you estimate your filing costs using the official county fee schedule.
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Family law clients in West Virginia often face the same challenge: every question or call can mean another bill. That pressure can stop people from communicating openly with their lawyer—especially during emotional moments like divorce or child custody matters.
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Divorce can bring many challenges, and one of the most complex is dividing financial assets. If you’re going through a divorce in Pennsylvania, understanding how the courts handle asset division is critical. Below, we explain what “equitable distribution” means, what property counts, what factors the courts look at, and how you can prepare.
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Learn how child custody works in Pennsylvania, including types of custody, how courts decide, and what it means for parents.
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When couples are planning a wedding, the last thing they usually want to talk about is a prenup. But prenuptial agreements—also called “premarital agreements”—are not about planning for divorce. They are about protecting your future, your family, and the assets you’ve worked hard to build.
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Divorce is one of life’s biggest transitions. While you’re focused on moving forward emotionally and financially, one critical step is often overlooked — updating your estate plan after divorce.
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If you're considering a divorce in Pennsylvania or West Virginia, one of your biggest concerns is probably cost. The financial side of ending a marriage can feel overwhelming—especially when you're trying to plan for legal fees, filing costs, and life after divorce.
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Divorce is one of the most emotionally charged events a person can experience. Anger, betrayal, grief, guilt — the emotional landscape is complex and can easily overwhelm good judgment. Yet when it comes to protecting your future, your assets, and your family’s well-being, emotion is your worst enemy.
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In a significant opinion for family law practitioners and parents navigating custody disputes in Pennsylvania, the Superior Court's recent decision in McGee v. McDowell (No. 765 WDA 2024) underscores the importance of strictly adhering to statutory procedures and due process rights in custody litigation.
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Prenuptial agreements, commonly known as prenups, are contracts signed by couples before marriage that outline the division of assets and financial responsibilities in the event of divorce or death. For high-profile couples like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, these agreements are crucial not only for protecting individual and joint wealth but also for setting clear expectations within their marriage.
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Within child custody matters, sometimes a court will require visitation as a term of granting supervision to a parent or guardian. There are different types of visitation but one that is possible in Pennsylvania courts is supervised visitation.
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Child custody in the state of Pennsylvania determines who has actual custodianship over a specific child. The person (or persons) with legal custody over the child has the right to make decisions in the best interest of the child pertaining to health, education, and religious decisions.
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There is no exact formula for calculating how much you may receive from a former spouse through alimony. In Pennsylvania, courts have the power to determine how much one is required to pay in alimony and thus how much you will receive.
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Most people know what it means to get a divorce, but an annulment is not so common. What makes them different from each other? As you may know, the result of a divorce or an annulment is that the two spouses are no longer legally married.
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Pennsylvania courts generally divide marital property equally. For the most part, either spouse should receive 50% of the marital property. This also means that 50% of any marital debts will also fall on each spouse. Although this is the general rule, the court may skew the distribution so that one spouse receives more than 50% of the marital estate.
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What exactly is a prenup? A prenuptial agreement, sometimes called a “prenup,” is an agreement between future spouses regarding their marriage. It may spell out how to address property and assets, as well as support obligations, in the event of the dissolution of their marriage. When a marriage ends, the property and assets owned by both spouses, individually or jointly, comprise the marital estate. The Court then considers a list of 11 factors in determining how to distribute the marital estate between the spouses and will also decide whether the property is non-marital.
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