Join Pennsylvania attorney Janet Catina for an excellent review of the new Pennsylvania custody laws. After more than a decade-long reform process, the new child custody legislation is designed to bring the state statute into the 21st century and bring more fair-mindedness to Pennsylvania Family Courts.
In this course Mrs. Catina reviews the changes that practitioners & their clients face under the new law, outlines these changes and points out important differences from the old law. The main topics addressed include the effective date of the new law, the sixteen new factors now used to examine child custody, grandparent standing, criminal convictions, and contested custody proceedings. Other issues covered include cases that the new law applies to, the effect of the new law, types of custody, the three factors for grandparent standing, how the 16 factors to examine child custody are applied, the guardian ad litem, child abuse, relocation, co-parenting issues, modification and fees.
In her 24 years as a lawyer, Mrs. Catina has developed a wide range of skills, depth of experience and genuine care and concern for people, enabling her to provide quality legal services. Mrs. Catina enjoys the ability to build lasting relationships with people while at the same time helping them address issues that concern them and their family. Her practice consists of, but is not limited to divorce, separation, child custody, visitation/parenting time, child support, guardianship, adoptions, paternity, spousal support/maintenance, property and debt distribution, and other related family law matters.
Practice Areas: Family Law
State Accreditations: California (CA)