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Pennsylvania Family Law Blog 
I have an important question regarding the legal ownership of a bank account. My parents divorced and I lived with my mother in Ohio, but my father lives in Pennsylvania. When i was very young he opened up a bank account in Pennsylvania for saving bonds, monetary gifts, etc… I believe the account was a joint custodial account with both of our names on it. I’m now 21 and studying to be a lawyer and trying to find out how I can get this money in the account. Do you know any type of legal issues or statues that I can raise when trying to obtain my money. Thank you
Nick Primrose
March 18, 2007 at 1:49 am
I really can’t give specific advice without knowing more, Nick. If you would like to contact me directly, I would be happy to discuss the situation with you and see if I can be of assistance.
Mark Jakubik
March 18, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Hey Mark can you update the All Things Pennsylvania Family Law Blog link to http://www.pafamilylaw.net? Thanks
Dustin Jones
August 1, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Mark,
I came across your website doing some research relative to searches about the collaborative practice of law in PA. I am gratified to see the information your blog provides about the alternatives of mediation and collaborative law to the traditional adversarial system; it is my belief that every divorcing couple (and every family in legal dispute) should be advised of process options for resolution. Are you a trained mediator or collaborative attorney? Do you have a group of colleagues who are also committed to providing choices for families in dispute? Please consider joining the Collaborative Law Sub-Committee of the PBA ADR Committee which I co-chair with Connie Brunt in Harrisburg. Also, contact me if I can provide any information or support to you about including collaborative law in your current practice. btw…it is great to see that Dustin has listed websites for the PA collaborative practice groups. Contributions from each of us can make a difference for PA families. Best to both of you! dh
Diane Hitzemann
August 6, 2007 at 10:00 am
I have a substantial mobility disability and severe chronic pain.
My husband had decided that I have no worth and do contribute financially. He basically reduces his invome and earns $$$ under the table. He does pay basics and wants to come and go out of the house and verbally abuses and sometimes gets violent. I have been told since he pays his “fair share that I should not ask for more support.
I only get 200.00 weekly for three of us and my son has autism. I have substantial educcation and he refuses to sell our house and threaten to let it be foreclosed. I need surgery and my kids are now getting to the point where I cannot supervise them adequately.
Any suggestions?
Sincerely,
Dorrie Iltis Cooper Psy.D.
Dorothy Cooper
September 14, 2007 at 9:06 am
Mark Jakubik,
I read the article in the paper Philly Burbs, titled “Unhitched” and may have been married by an internet ordained minister. That was Oct. 2004 and I have no way of contacting him. I was put in touch with the minister through a friend who I have lost touch with. Also I am currently seperated from my wife and I have filed for divorce. How do I find out 1. if the minister is legally allowed to perform the ceremony? 2. if I am legally married? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Steven Costanzo
Steven Costanzo
September 25, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Hi Mark ,
Im so glad I found this site, I hope you can answer a question for me, a friend of mine has 4 kids , now the first two are his biological and the last two are not , they have different fathers from two different men (and yes he and his wife are in a divorce right now because of the infidelity she has cause to this marrage) , now here is my question he does pay child support for all 4 kids ever since he left her, even though the last are not his , and she put his name on both of the younger ones birth certifcate , (the fathers of the two youngest ones don’t want anything to do with them) now no one knows that the two younger ones are not his the whole family thinks this because the x-wife doesn’t want to let anybody know , he even has this secret too , the two older kids are 14 and 18 , the ones that are biological his , I think they should know that the two younger ones aren’t their brothers , I believe the truth shall set you free , but he doesn’t know what the reprocustion s will be, now can the soon to be x do anything legally if he tells his older kids the truth about the younger ones real father , can she take him to court and have him removed from the youger ones life , since he his not the real father? This is weighing on his mind big time , cause the 14 and 18 need to here the real truth. She also doggs him every chance she gets , so of course the kids think he his, just the two older ones do , he has vistion with all of them , and he does everything he can for them as much as possible , the two younger ones are 3 and 4 , if you can help I would really appreciate it.
Thank you,
Emily
Betty
October 19, 2007 at 3:38 am
Hi,
I lost a custody trial last July because I could not afford an attorney. Even though I was financially eligable, legal aid would not help me because the case was pending. I was told I could represent myself. 5 attorneys told me this. One being the attorney I had (who I could not pay any longer) and the other being the gardian ad litum that was involved. I was told that I would have to be proven unfit which was impossible so I figured I would be OK. What they used against me was the fact that I had two relationships in a five year period (one being my husband) and lack of communication with my son’s father but there was never much to communicate and the things I tried to involve him in, he wasn’t interested. Plus it’s a very hostile situation. My son and I have gone through a few years of emotional abuse with his father and he got away with all of it.
My husband and I got an appeal lawyer right afterward so that’s where it is right now…….in Harrisburg.
What I want to know is: How could changes be made in the PA family law system so this does not happen to anothr good mother just because she cannot afford a legal battle???
Thank You, Kerry
Kerry
June 4, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Just learnt I have a 13 year old child I had no clue about! She was conceived during a one night stand (yes, I had protection) and I did DNA test and all, came back positive. What are my rights? Do I have to legally be bound to someone I had no idea about, the mother denied me the knowledge of knowing this kid! Isn’t that criminal too? There should be a law saying if the mom’s don’t come back within a certain timeframe they can’t milk you out of all your money!
pete
October 5, 2010 at 12:58 pm