When assisting clients with their custody matters, something that is often overlooked is the client’s vacation time with their children. It is already difficult to create a day-to-day custody schedule with the other parent of your children, so it can be easy to forget...
New Jersey And Pennsylvania Legal Blog
How Is Child Custody Decided In New Jersey?
As a parent facing a divorce, your main concern will be how the divorce will affect your children. How will they handle splitting their time between both parents? How much time will you be allowed to spend with your children? Will you have joint custody, and how will...
Appealing a Denied Social Security Application
Noone likes to be rejected, especially when it comes to their Social Security Disability claim. It’s important to remember that while it may be upsetting and discouraging, appealing a denial is a common step in the Social Security Disability application process. In...
Bankruptcy is a Non-Taxable Event
There are many reasons one would consider filing for bankruptcy before seeking partial loan forgiveness from a creditor. As an example, when debts are discharged within a bankruptcy proceeding, it is considered a non-taxable event, while non-bankruptcy loan...
When Can I Return to Court to Modify My Custody Order in New Jersey and Pennsylvania?
When a parent is placed under a child custody order by the court they most likely wonder when they will be able to modify that order. In fact, custody orders and parenting time orders placed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are never final and can be modified anytime...
Bankruptcy Is A Non-Taxable Event
While there may be many reasons to file bankruptcy, as opposed to seek partial loan forgiveness from a creditor, an often overlooked benefit to bankruptcy is that the discharge of a debt in a bankruptcy proceeding is a non-taxable event whereas non-bankruptcy loan...
Workers’ Compensation Winter Weather Impacts
As you are aware, this Winter has already had a significant snow fall in our area. From Easton to Bethlehem to Allentown, the snow has fallen up to almost two feet. Similarly, in New Jersey, from Phillipsburg to Belvidere to Washington, and even Blairstown, the snow...
WWGR Law Case Compensation
In January of this year, Managing Partner Scott M. Wilhelm, Esq., settled a $160,000.00 case for a client who fractured her ankle while she was a guest at resort in the Poconos. Mr. Wilhelm alleged that the resort allowed their property to remain in a dangerous and...
Uber and Lyft Drivers – Employees or Independent Contractors?
By Andrew Schreiber | Employment Law, Workers Compensation In Pennsylvania, in an Uber Driver an employee of Uber or independent contractor? The legal distinction between classifying a worker as an employee or independent contractor has been highly contested. Giving...
Personal Injury/ Property Negligence
In December, Managing Partner, Scott M. Wilhelm, Esq., obtained a $175,000.00 settlement for his client in a personal injury case. A woman in her 50's was attending the interment of a deceased at a cemetery. After exiting the car, the woman walked toward the ceremony...