Category: Winter 2011/2012 Pennsylvania Legal Update

2011 was another successful year here at Leventry, Haschak and Rodkey, LLC. And with January behind us, 2012 is off to a great start Last year, our Business Development efforts centered on technology and the way our clients use it. The result, our new website (www.LHRKLaw.com). In October, the site was re-launched featuring some of […]

An employee fired for sleeping on the job won her unemployment claim recently after convincing the court that she was not at fault for having fallen asleep at work, The employee was a “money room technician,’ whose duties involved counting money at a city parking garage. Working a shift that began in the late afternoon […]

On appeal, the Pennsylvania appellate court affirmed the hearing officer’s decision. The court held that it was not necessary for the mother to have requested an increase or to have taken any position prior to the hearing. Instead, the court found that support hearing officers have the obligation and authority to determine the parties current […]

A Pennsylvania couple arrested and convicted of illegal gambling for operating a Texas Hold ‘Em poker business in their garage appealed their case, claiming that poker is not gambling, even when betting is involved. The couple claimed that poker is a game of skill, Pennsylvania law defines “gambling” as an enterprise based on payment, chance, […]

Pennsylvania trial judges have the authority to terminate parents’ rights. Judicial termination of parental rights is rare and requires convincing evidence or the consent of the parent whose rights are in question. A parent whose rights to his or her child have been terminated is left with absolutely no parental rights; the termination effectively extinguishes […]

Parents of drug-dependent teens can have their children involuntarily committed to residential drug- and alcohol-treatment facilities. A littleknown and rarely used section of Pennsylvania’s Drug & Alcohol Abuse Control Act permits parents and legal guardians to petition the county court to determine whethera minor is in need of court-ordered drug or alcohol treatment, either outpaticnt […]

A Pennsylvania man unexpectedly lost his driver’s license when he failed to respond promptly to a traffic ticket, The man’s problems started when he was cited for speeding and driving an unregistered car. The man was not arrested, but the police department mailed him a citation after the incident. Drivers who simply assume that they […]