Child Protective Services Law: Changes and Updates
On November 7, 2016, GKH attorney Ann Martin will give a presentation at the Parish Resource Center on the status of the Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law (“the Law”), aspects of the Law identified by child protection advocates and legislators as requiring further clarification, and a look at how effectively… Continue
Ann Martin Presents on Estate and Special Needs Planning
Attorney Ann Martin, together with Everence financial advisor Tim Jantz, presented on estate and special needs planning at the monthly meeting of No Longer Alone Ministries’ Family Support Group on October 23, 2016, at Rossmere Mennonite Church.
Application of New FLSA Overtime Rule to Nonprofits
Important changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rules will go into effect on December 1, 2016. Under current law, full-time salaried workers who earn less than $23,660 per year are entitled to overtime pay if they work more than 40 hours during a workweek. The new rule… Continue
GKH Features Work by Lancaster Artist
GKH celebrates its first year in its new office location at 2933 Lititz Pike by hanging a new original painting commissioned by GKH from Lancaster artist Freiman Stoltzfus. Stoltzfus’s work “Seasons of Lancaster” was painted in acrylic and mixed media on canvas. In “Seasons of Lancaster,” the progression of time… Continue
Lancaster Elder Law Attorney Marci Miller Presents Medicaid Seminar
GKH elder law attorney Marci Miller presented “Medicaid: Planning for Care and Avoiding Mistakes,” a seminar that discussed eligibility for Medical Assistance (Medicaid), including income and asset rules, spousal impoverishment protections, gifting rules, and excluded and countable resources.
Estate Planning after Divorce
Despite best efforts to provide reasonable solutions to the problems that arise when divorce interferes with an estate plan, the Pennsylvania statutes do leave room for interpretation. Nuanced issues not addressed by statute have been resolved by the courts, though not always in the manner one might expect. Therefore, the best practice, other than simply surviving the divorce, is to make your intentions clear by updating your estate plan immediately after a decree of divorce has been entered or, better yet, as soon as grounds for divorce have been established.
Lancaster Attorneys Present Free Speech Seminar
GKH litigation attorneys presented a First Amendment seminar on free speech and the right to protest.
GKH Service Project
On Wednesday, September 14, a group of GKH attorneys and staff volunteered at The Wittel Farm Growing Project in Elizabethtown. The Growing Project is operated by the Lutheran Camping Corporation of Central Pennsylvania and Hunger-Free Lancaster County (HFLC). The farm provides homegrown vegetables to the county food relief system, with volunteers… Continue
GKH Voted Lancaster’s Favorite Law Firm
For the third year in a row, Gibbel Kraybill & Hess LLP has been voted Lancaster’s favorite law firm in the 2016 LNP Readers’ Choice Awards. Read the LNP article and view the accompanying ad, which appeared in the August 28 edition of LNP. GKH is grateful for this unique… Continue
Employment Practices Liability Breakfast Seminar
GKH partner Jeff Worley is the featured speaker at “Risky Business: Employment Law Issues,” a complimentary breakfast seminar sponsored in partnership with BCF Group’s Academy of Risk Management. GKH clients are invited to attend this seminar on Tuesday, October 4, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Eden Resort &… Continue