Blog Posts in 2018

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Retinal Hemorrhages– Sign of Child Abuse or Not? December 17, 2018
Retinal hemorrhages are no longer conclusive of child abuse. The retina is a thin layer of tissue at the back of the eye that separates the eyeball from the brain. Evidence that blood vessels have ...
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Infants with Rib Fractures– Abuse or Not? December 10, 2018
Rib fractures in infants does not always mean that the parents were abusive or committed a crime. Our firm has dealt with many cases where parents have been labeled as “abusive” by child protective ...
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New Legislation Signed by Governor Will Affect Driving Privileges of Underage Offenders October 26, 2018
Act 95 of 2018 was recently signed into law and will be effective on April 21, 2019. Currently, those who are underage are subject to a 90 day license suspension for the possession, consumption, or ...
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Changes to Domestic Relations Act Expand Who May Seek Custody- Third Party Standing October 5, 2018
The PA Legislature has recognized the dramatic changes over the past few years in parents no longer being able to raise children By Attorney Jeffrey B. Engle, Esq. , Custody Attorney, Harrisburg, PA ...
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Electronic Communications in a Digital Age October 3, 2018
Email privacy and other stored electronic data at the heart of new legislation and court determinations On Feb. 6, 2017, the House of Representatives passed the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 387). This bill ...
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Discovery in Child Sexual Abuse Cases September 28, 2018
I will always look first to the use of the Pennsylvania rules, statutes, court decisions and other regular channels of discovery and use them to obtain discovery beyond the police reports. “Discovery” ...
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