One of the most difficult concerns a parent of a child with a disability faces is how to provide the best social, emotional, medical and financial support throughout the child's lifetime. Many complications may affect this decision, such as the type of disability, parental ability to set aside fu...

As someone currently making your way through a Pennsylvania divorce, you are probably experiencing considerable upheaval in your life, and your separation may affect everything from where you live to how often you see your children. While there are numerous matters you and your soon-to-be-former ...

Regardless of the nature of the business you plan to establish in Pennsylvania, you are going to run into areas where you face possible exposure to liability. Just how much it can hurt your personal assets when someone sues or files a judgment against your company will depend on the type of busin...

If you are getting a divorce in Pennsylvania, one of the most trying parts of the process is dealing with your marital assets. You will need to split them between you and your spouse. If you fail to come to an agreement, the court will divide your assets. While many times, the process goes smooth...

The prospect of forming a new business in Pennsylvania can be both exciting and overwhelming. Based on the goals you want to accomplish and how you want to operate, one of the first things you need to do is decide on a business structure. Business structures range from the simple (partnerships an...

Some Pennsylvania small business owners may find it redundant or unnecessary to open up a bank account strictly for their business. Why go through all the trouble of setting up a new account when you can use your existing one to write checks and receive deposits? However, in reality, setting up a...

As someone who is trying to determine the best way to preserve your wealth for future generations, you may be weighing your estate planning options and trying to figure out your best course of action. While you have numerous estate planning options at your disposal, one method you may want to con...

With the widespread use of credit cards in everyday American life, it is natural to wonder what would happen if your parent or spouse passed away in Pennsylvania with a significant amount of credit card debt that remains unpaid. Will the credit card company come after you or other relatives for t...

In the universe of divorce options, arbitration stands in the middle between court litigation and mediation. It bears some resemblance to both choices but is not quite the same as either one. With arbitration, you can expect greater control over your divorce proceeding than you would in a Pennsyl...

As someone who heads a Pennsylvania sole proprietorship, you may enjoy being your own boss. However, the possibility of forming a business partnership seems just too good to pass up. With a partner, your business can receive added expertise, more business connections and additional financing. But...

A worrying aspect of Pennsylvania estate planning is that after you die, you have no further control over how your assets are distributed. Some people fear the uncertainty of their will going through probate and want a more direct way to leave financial assets to loved ones. This is why some Penn...

Creating an estate plan involves becoming informed about all the various terms and what they mean. One term that trips up many individuals is “fiduciary.” Basically, a fiduciary is a person who has accepted the role of taking care of someone else's money and assets. It is a position that requires...

Not all divorces end up in court. Some Pennsylvania couples, seeking to exert greater control over their divorce and to try and come to an agreement amicably, will choose to take their divorce before a mediator. However, just because a couple elects to mediate their divorce does not mean there is...

You may have an exciting idea to start a brand new business in the state of Pennsylvania. However, many creative people do not have just one idea. What if a Keystone State entrepreneur has an idea for a printing company and a lawn mowing business at the same time? It would seem strange to form a ...

Imagine you have just finished composing your last will and testament. You might believe that your will has covered everything you want to happen after you die. However, your work may be far from over. In fact, a Pennsylvania will can actually be superseded by other documents, particularly financ...

Dividing a business in an Ohio divorce is one of the more complicated topics in family law. Your situation, if your business qualified as community property and you could not reach an immediate agreement on its division, would likely involve your legal team and that of your former partner perform...

Starting your own small business with other partners is exciting, but certain aspects of it can be daunting. If you have concerns about what type of business structure you should choose, you are not alone. A general partnership may be a good choice for you depending on your unique business needs....

Sometimes Pennsylvania couples who have shared everything for years decide to end their marriage. When they do, they have countless decisions to make about un-sharing all the things that once tied them together. One of the most important of those decisions is how to share custody of the kids. If ...

Dealing with the death of a friend or family member is often accompanied by strong emotions of grief and loss. If you have been named as the administrator of an estate in Pennsylvania, you may feel even more overwhelmed. The estate executor has many crucial responsibilities in finalizing the fina...

Pennsylvania entrepreneurs unfamiliar with the various incorporation structures usually shy away from certain types of business formations. After all, there are some that seem to carry advantages above others. If you are considering these questions before you form your business, then you might al...

As you might imagine, our divorce clients at Huckabee, Weiler, & Levengood, P.C. often hold working collaboratively as one of their lowest priorities. After all, they are typically nearing the end of a significant partnership in which teamwork, compromise and mediation have failed. However, we us...

Say that you and your wife, before you married, drew up a prenuptial agreement that addressed several areas. One of them was child custody, and you agreed for your wife to have custody of any children from the marriage. You would have liberal visitation. However, you and your spouse are about to ...

Pennsylvania residents who wish to protect their wealth, ideals and investments for posterity face known and unknown challenges from various parties. Estate planning is often the answer to this problem. However, many individuals do not have adequate documents established to have a reasonable chan...

Some Pennsylvania couples decide that they can share a business just as well as they share a home, and many married couples do successfully run a business together. But is forming a business with a wife or a husband the right call for you? As with any business formation, there are pros and cons t...

There are many ways someone might go about forming a business in Pennsylvania. Some of these are very simple, such as recording independent earnings and using those records to file as self-employed on annual tax returns to establish a sole proprietorship. Other methods could require applicants to...