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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA—NOVEMBER 16, 2012 -- Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP family law attorney, Michael E. Bertin will serve as the course planner and moderator of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute program "Family Law in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, & Montgomery Counties.” The program will feature the&n...

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Recently, the case of P.H.D. v. R.R.D., __ A.3d __, 2012 PA Super 246 (Nov. 13, 2012), was decided by the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The P.H.D. case raises an issue that is discussed often among family law practitioners and has been reported in a number of appellate cases since the 1990s. The issue is whether a custody order may be modified at a contempt proceeding if a petition to modify is not pending before the court. A number of cases have been decided by the Superior Court that indicate a custody order may not be modified by a trial court at a contempt proceeding if a petition to modify has not been filed and served and properly before the court at the time of the contempt hearing. The reason for the prohibition of such action is that it would deprive the parties of their due process rights.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - December 3, 2012 - Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP family law attorney, Michael E. Bertin was named chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s (PBA) Family Law Section at the annual PBA dinner on December 3, 2012.  He formerly served as the treasurer and secretary for the secti...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 26, 2012 – Obermayer’s family law attorney, Michael E. Bertin will serve as a trainer for the Philadelphia VIP CLE Training Program “Divorce Practice in Philadelphia” on December 7, 2012.  Philadelphia VIP, the hub of pro bono legal services in Philadelphia, is spon...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 15, 2012 -  Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP family law attorney, Michael E. Bertin served as a guest lecturer at Temple University’s School of Law.  Bertin lectured on “Theory, Policy and Practice in Family Law” on November 6 and November 14, 2012. Bertin ...

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In the last year-and-a-half since the new custody statute became effective, a number of cases have been decided by the Pennsylvania Superior Court analyzing the application of the new act. It is clear, based on the published opinions, that all of the factors pertaining to the trial court making a custody decision as well as the factors pertaining t...

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PHILADELPHIA, PA—September 20, 2011—Five attorneys from Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Best Lawyers is based on an extensive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leadi...

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PHILADELPHIA, PA—September 7, 2012--Six attorneys from Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013 (copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Obermayer’s attorneys selected for inclusion are: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Right...

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July 3, 2012 - Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP family law attorney, Michael E. Bertin has been selected as one of the Greater Philadelphia Region's Ten Leaders in Divorce Law, Age 45 & Under, by the Ten Leaders Cooperative. Members of the Ten Leaders are selected after a lengthy research of the marketpl...

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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – June 28, 2012–Obermayer’s Family Law partner Michael E. Bertin, will speak to the Family Law Section meeting of the Philadelphia Bar Association regarding proposed rules of civil procedure pertaining to Pennsylvania Child Custody.  The Family Law Section will be held on July 9, 2012.  Bertin ...

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