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A birth certificate is an official document, so it’s understandable that you’d expect it to have some legal effect on child custody issues. However, a birth certificate by itself doesn’t necessarily grant any custody rights to the person named as the father when the child’s…
Read morePennsylvania’s clean slate law, also known as Act 56, was approved by the Governor on June 28, 2018, after passing through the legislature with almost unanimous bipartisan support. The law created an automated process for record sealing, and widens the range of eligible offenses. At…
Read moreIn October 2018, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 2060, which puts in place tougher gun regulations for domestic violence offenders. The law mandates that anyone convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, or who is subject to a protective order,…
Read morePennsylvania used to have some of the most lenient DUI laws in the country. We are one of only four states in the nation that treats all multiple DUI offenses as misdemeanors. This is set to change under Pennsylvania’s new repeat offender DUI law. Signed…
Read moreIf you have been convicted of a crime, a pardon could be the only way of clearing your record. This is especially true if your record is not eligible for expungement. Unlike expungements, which are applicable towards only a limited number of offenses, anyone with…
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