Real Estate – Fair Housing Law Traps for the Unwary. All landlords, condominium associations, homeowners’ associations and residential co-ops are subject to the Fair Housing Laws. What does this mean? As a member of the Board of an association, a manager or a landlord, what is my exposure to liability? […]
Real Estate – Condominium or Homeowners’ Association Operating Pitfalls Must the Association hold formal meetings, adopt formal resolutions and keep formal minutes? Are our rules and regulations enforceable? Do changes in our rules and procedures require formal amendment of our governing documents? Can portions of our governing documents be unenforceable […]
Business Law – Term Sheet or Letter of Intent. The Term Sheet or Letter of Intent states specifically that it is not a binding agreement and is subject to the parties turning it into a formal binding agreement. This does not mean that it should not be reviewed by an […]
There is almost no such thing as a “standard” contract. Each contract is unique and merits the attention of an experienced lawyer to raise the proper questions and deal with the proper issues. Although your review will not be from a legal point of view, but rather from a layman’s […]
Real Estate – New lease for my business Why can’t I just sign the landlord’s form lease? Who should make various repairs to the premises? What can happen if the landlord is not satisfied with my repairs? Do I have the right to alter the premises and install fixtures and […]
Is There Alimony in Pennsylvania? There are three types of support available to the dependent spouse: spousal support, alimony pendente lite and alimony. Spousal support and alimony pendente lite are forms of support which can be awarded to a dependent spouse after the parties’ separate but prior to the entry […]
College Support Under the present law in Pennsylvania, neither parent has any legal obligation to pay for the college education of their children. This means that no court can order someone to pay for tuition, room, board, books or fees. Once a child has graduated from high school or turned […]
Top Five Tips for Choosing a Lawyer 1. Research. In today’s world, there is no excuse for choosing a lawyer without doing the basic research to find out more about the attorney and his or her firm. There are multitudes of sources of information on lawyers, including a lawyer’s own […]
Help Me, Help You While I am certainly not Jerry Maguire, I often express the same sentiment to many of my clients. A common misperception that many clients have of the legal system is that once the attorney has the case, the client can completely disappear into the background and […]
Conflict of Faith Originally published in The Philadelphia Lawyer, Spring 2011, p. 13 Can a father during his partial physical custody time take the child to his own religious services if different from that of the mother? What if they previously agreed to raise the child in mother’s faith? What […]