Divided Appeals Panel Vacates Elderly Couple’s Divorce, Distribution Award

(October 25, 2018, 7:19 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A 2-1 panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court on Oct. 11 ruled that a trial court judge’s decision to enter a divorce decree between two elderly individuals who both suffered from dementia should be vacated because neither was represented by a guardian ad litem and because the trial court did not determine whether the parties were competent before rendering its decision (Janice Berry v. Charles D. Berry, No. 1776 MDA 2017, Pa. Super., 2018 LEXIS 1100)....

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