Blog Posts in November, 2011

I've had numerous clients that have gone through extensive litigation to get a final custody order. But is it really ever 'final?' In PA and every other state, custody orders are never final . That is ...

A custody order in PA sets forth the parameters in which two parents will exercise both legal and physical custody of the child(ren). Absent this order, the parties will have to agree on how best to ...

AN UNDERAGE DRINKING OFFENSE CAN HAVE MONUMENTAL IMPACT ON A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE Most college students that I advise, think little if anything about an "Underage Drinking", 18 Pa.C.S. Section 6308 , ...

"Racial profiling" is used in many areas of law, when it is used in drug offenses, it is an illegal pretext and results in the suppression of evidence among other things "Racial profiling" has become ...

The sentencing differential between possession of child pornography and distribution can be as many as 15 to 20 years File sharing software as a "default setting" stores numerous files, images, videos ...

A drug courier profile is not per se unreasonable Drug courier profiles present special problems for the courts. A drug courier profile is not per se unreasonable , but the officer must still observe ...