In September 2014, for the first time, the Superior Court analyzed the counsel fees section of the Child Custody Act enacted in 2011, in the case of Chen v. Saidi, 100 A.3d 587 (Pa. Super. 2014).

In a child custody proceeding without a clear beginning, middle or end, an order awarding attorney fees doesn't have to come within 30 days of the disposition, a Superior Court panel has ruled.

The parent left behind has two ways to get a custody order: hire a private attorney or file a custody order himself/herself with a $10 packet from the courthouse and $169 filing fee.

Adults so intimately connected to a child’s upbringing as to be de facto parents are eligible for attorney’s fees when their right to custody, visitation or support is challenged without ...