Seal wants to be father of ALL of Heidi’s children

I recently read that Seal is going to adopt the oldest child (Leni) of Heidi Klum (now legally known as Heidi Samuel). Seal is not the biological father of this child, although he was present at the child’s birth and married Heidi 1 year after the child was born.

Another potential scam

I previously posted about a scam that was targeting family law attorneys involving the enforcement of a collaborative law agreement. Well, I just received another e-mail from a different person with the exact same situation. She needs a collaborative law agreement enforced. This time, the “client” is currently in South Korea, but her husband is in “my jurisdiction”. Just wanted to warn others about this scam. It is unfortunate that someone may be trying to implicate a positive process like collaborative law in a scam.

Divorce unplugged

The holiday “season”, which tends to start at Thanksgiving and continues through New Year’s Day, can be a time of joy and happiness as well as a time of stress. To help relieve some of the stress, I offer this lighthearted post.

An “End of Year” gift?

While it was reported by the Associated Press that Jon Gosselin brought a bouquet of red roses for his estranged wife, Kate, to their arbitration session this past weekend, that is not the gift to which I was referring. Instead, I was referring to the statement attributed to Jon’s lawyer, Mark Heller, that the decision of the arbitrator was expected by Christmas and that the divorce could be finalized by the end of the year.

An Attaq on Shaq?

According to the My Family Law.com Celebrity blog, Shaquille O’Neal’s wife, Va’shaundya O’Neal, has filed a request for a legal separation from Shaq with the Court in Los Angeles. Many times have I been asked by clients and potential clients about obtaining a “legal separation” in Pennsylvania. Each time, my answer is the same – there is no “legal separation” under Pennsylvania law.

Pennsylvania Superior Court exercises control over “Fast Track”

In January of this year, the Pennsylvania Superior Court adopted changes to some of their procedural rules which would allow for child custody cases and parental rights termination cases to proceed faster through the appellate system. These rule changes resulted in the development of the “Children’s Fast Track”. Cases that qualified for the Children’s Fast Track, which include all child custody cases and all parental rights termination cases which were appealed after March 16, 2009, had shortened time lines where certain documents needed to be filed. The theory being, if the documents were filed sooner, the cases would be proceeding through the system faster.

Who gets the infield? – Not Quite

It was previously reported on the MyFamilyLaw Celebrity Blog that the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Frank McCourt, and his wife Jamie were divorcing. With the World Series ending this week, one may wonder how a sports team gets divided incident to a divorce.

Lawyers beware

I suspect many of us (lawyers and non-lawyers alike) who have e-mail addresses have received an e-mail from someone from some far off country telling us that we are a long lost relative of someone who died with a considerable estate, that we won a lottery in another country, or that our assistance is needed to help transfer millions of dollars out of another country. These are all, of course, scams. Some of my colleagues throughout Pennsylvania have received a slightly different scam e-mail, Here is what it says: