Pennsylvania Child Custody-Law, Practice & Procedure (includes book + digital download)

2024 Edition

Includes book + digital download (link provided at checkout)

A MUST FOR THE BUSY FAMILY LAW PRACTITIONER, JUDGES, CLINICAL EXPERTS, AND SOCIAL WORKERS

AUTHORS: MICHAEL E. BERTIN, ESQ.
and HON. EMANUEL A. BERTIN
1 Volume, Soft-cover
Published: FEBRUARY 2024 (2024 Ed.) (Previous Editions: 1983, 2012-2023)
Most recent supplement/update: N/A
Library of Congress Number: 2011940637
ISBN 978-0-9839159-1-1
ISSN 2168-7048

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  This 900-page soft cover resource is a complete revision and comprehensive update by Michael E. Bertin, Esquire and the Honorable Emanuel A. Bertin of Judge Bertin's original 1983 book, which was the first treatise on child custody law in Pennsylvania, and has been highly regarded as the standard in the field for almost 30 years. The authors have created a remarkable book (and ebook) of carefully condensed law, together with hundreds of well analyzed and indexed cases (Pennsylvania, federal and county), full text of child custody statutes and related Rules, the Hague Convention, and the most-needed forms. Close attention is given to the most recent revamp of child custody law, Act No. 112 of 2010 (23 Pa.C.S. § 5321 et seq.), effective in 2011. This statute had its genesis from the work product of the Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission Domestic Relations Advisory Committee, chaired by Judge Bertin, with final input from the Legislative Committee of the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association with substantial contribution thereto from Michael E. Bertin, Esquire, a family law practitioner and partner in the law firm of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP. This is the one resource you will need at your fingertips to address any issue regarding Child Custody law in Pennsylvania.
  
  

  SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

  Dedication Acknowledgment About the Authors Preface
  Chapter
  1.	Child Custody Generally
  2.	Legal Custody
  3.	Physical Custody
  4.	Standing
  5.	Grandparents
  6.	Third Parties
  7.	Burden of Proof
  8.	Relocation
  9.	Child Preference/Child Testimony/In Camera Interview of Child
  10.	Evidence
  11.	Experts
  12.	Court Ordered Counseling
  13.	Counsel for Child / Guardian ad litem
  14.	Enforcement
  15.	Modification of Court Order
  16.	Jurisdiction
  17.	Appeals
  18.	Termination of Parental Rights
  19.	Parenting Coordination
  20.	Discovery
  APPENDIX A. State Statutes APPENDIX B. Federal Statutes APPENDIX C. Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure (Pa.R.C.P.)—Custody APPENDIX D. Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Hague Convention) APPENDIX E. Forms Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Rules Index