Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 166, otherwise known as “Act 5 of 2016,” last February and the bill took effect that November. Act 5 amended Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to allow individuals who have served their punishment and remained free of arrest, prosecution, or conviction for 10 years following misdemeanor convictions to petition the court for… READ MORE
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In any divorce case involving minors or dependent children, child custody will be a significant issue. If you are lucky enough to have an uncontested divorce where you and your spouse can agree to the terms of a child custody arrangement, your child custody decision may be as easy as a judge signing off on your agreement. If, however, you… READ MORE
Alimony, or spousal support, is a possible outcome of divorce in which the court orders one spouse to pay the other, to make up any unfair economic differences that result from the dissolution of marriage. Understanding alimony in your divorce case can prepare you for potential paperwork, processes, and outcomes that lie ahead. Learn the laws and procedures for deciding… READ MORE
Recently, our personal injury team successfully negotiated a significant monetary settlement for a client injured in a motor vehicle accident. He was a passenger in a car driving through a traffic light intersection on Lincoln Highway in Caln Township, Chester County. His vehicle had a green light, but a driver coming from the other direction ran her red light. Another… READ MORE
Recently, it has been observed that users of Facebook are going live while behind the wheel. Being on Facebook Live while driving has backfired several times on the driver. There was an incident last year when a Florida motorist, Whitney Beall was arrested for allegedly using Periscope while driving drunk. She even titled her live stream “drunk girl driving” and… READ MORE
Don’t feel like cleaning off the snow and ice from your car? In Pennsylvania, that could result in you getting a fine of $ $25 and $75 for each offense. Sen. Lisa Boscola, D-Lehigh County, has reintroduced a bill that would require drivers to make “all reasonable efforts” to remove all ice or snow from their vehicles. Recently, Boscola reintroduced a similar bill that would… READ MORE
The Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) invite parents and caregivers to make this holiday season a safer one by taking advantage of free car seat checks across the state that will complement the nationwide Click It or Ticket “Operation Safe Holiday” enforcement effort occurring from November 20 through December 4. Troopers and other department members… READ MORE
PennDOT has applied to make Pennsylvania a testing ground for a pilot federal project designed to prepare for the kind of self-driving cars. “We submitted a very thorough application detailing our safety standards,” said Pocono the Raceway President and CEO Brandon Igdalsky. Pennsylvania’s interest comes in response to a U.S. Department of Transportation request for applicants to be designated as… READ MORE
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Governor Tom Wolf give safety tips for driving in the winter. Carry a cellphone and a winter emergency travel kit. Listen to weather and travel advisories, if you don’t have to travel in bad weather, don’t. Keep your gas tank at least half full. Slow down and increase following distance between you and other cars.… READ MORE
South Central Pennsylvania’s law enforcement agencies have joined the Pennsylvania State Police and municipal agencies statewide in conducting targeted aggressive driving enforcement from July 6 through August 28. 41 local agencies came in contact with 3,233 vehicles total during this time period, 3,085 of these stops were related to aggressive driving and the drivers received citations. 2,093 of the stops… READ MORE