Maribeth Blessing Esquire
215-392-0849
Maribeth Blessings' law practice is concentrated in Family Law, but her firm also handles Personal Injury, Wills, Contracts, Bankruptcy, Commercial Transactions, Entertainment Law, and Civil Litigation with offices located at 310 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, PA 19046.
Ms. Blessing also offers diversified mediation and arbitration services through Maribeth Blessing, Mediation & Arbitration, L.L.C. She is an Advanced Practitioner with the Association of Conflict Resolution with training completed at the National Center For Mediation Education, a member of the Pennsylvania Council of Mediators, the Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of ACR, and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. She is also affiliated with Divorce Done Right and was featured on the Channel 6, ABC nightly news and in the March, 2007 issue of Philadelphia Magazine, in the article, A The Divorce Posse. She received arbitration training from the American Bar Association Section Of Family Law.
Additionally, Ms. Blessing is President of Collaborative Family Law Affiliates, a member of Strathmore's Who's Who, a life member of the National Registry of Who's Who, and was awarded the 2003 Outstanding Service Award by Widener School of Law.
Ms. Blessing has received appointments from the Montgomery Bench as Arbitrator, Special Master and Guardian Ad Litem. She is a Child Advocate for MCAP. As a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section, Ms. Blessing is a former Council member and now serves as the Liaison between the PBA Family Law Committee and the PBA Children's Rights Committee. She is a member of the PBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and its Collaborative Law Sub-committee. Maribeth was also President of the Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court and now serves as Counselor. Additionally, she was a member of the MBA Judiciary Committee, former Director for the Montgomery Bar Association, a member of the Montgomery County Bar Trial Lawyers Section and former Chair of the Family Law Section, as well as a member of the Mediation Advisory Panel for Montgomery County. Maribeth has been appointed by the Bench as Parent Coordinator.
Areas of Practice
- Adoption
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Business & Commercial Law
- Child Support
- Contracts
- Custody & Visitation
- Divorce
- Education Law
- Elder Law
- Wills & Estates
- Family Law
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Real Estate
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1992
- Pennsylvania, 1991
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1992
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2002
Education
- Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- J.D. (Cum Laude)
- Kutztown University
- B.S. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1970
- Major: Elementary Education
- University of Santa Clara
- Graduate Courses; Learning Handicapped - 1980
- Montgomery Conflict Mediation Center
- Thirty-five Hour Elder Mediation Training - 2009
- AFCC Parenting Coordination Training
- Working with High Conflict Families - 2008
- Collaborative Family Law Affiliates; Advanced Training in Interest
- Based Bargaining (Presenter and Author) - 2008
- Advanced Custody Mediation Training: Parenting Statements
- And Other Interactive Advanced Tools - 2006
- Domestic Violence Training
- Looking Back, Looking forward; Institute for Study of Conflict Transformation
- Collaborative Family Law Affiliates; Training in Collaborative Law
- Mediation in the New Millennium
- Microfocus On Transformative Process And Practice-Mediation
- Advanced Family Mediation Workshop; Advanced Mediator Training
- Divorce Arbitration Institute; American Bar Association
- National Center for Mediation Education; Divorce Mediation
Published Works
- Instructional Videotape Series, ESS Science Pilot Program, Anchorage School District, 1970
- "The Domestic Relations Preliminary Conference: Its Potential Power as the Court's Hidden ADR Asset", Scholarship Award, Sigma Delta Kappa Law Foundation, Inc., 1991
- "The Evolution of Support Guidelines", Scholarship Award, Sigma Delta Kappa Law Foundation Inc., 1991
- "Cigarette Litigation: Is The Tide Changing?", H. Schwabb Literary Contest, Honorable Mention, 1991
- "From the Perspective Of A DRO Officer", Writs, Bucks County Bar Association Legal Reporter, 1992
- "Self Help Guide to Support", Brochure, Women's Commission Of Montgomery County, 1993
- "Legal View", Family Law Videotape Series and Instructional TV Presentation, Women's Commission Of Montgomery County, 1993
- "Self Help Guide to Support", Women's Commission Of Montgomery County, 1993
- Divorce and Equitable Distribution, 1997
- "Act 58, The Reality of the Fantasy", Montgomery County Law Practicum Guide, 1999
- "Act 58, The Reality of the Fantasy", Montgomery County Law Practicum Guide, 2000
- "Casenote: Vacarello vs. Vacarello", Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, 2001
- "Dischell's Troops Blast Canada", Sidebar Article, Montgomery Bar Association, 2002
- "Common Law Marriage-For Better or For Worse", Sidebar Article, Montgomery Bar Association, 2003
- "Processes in Divorce", Article, 2005
Classes/Seminars
- Speaker, Rockledge-Cheltenham Rotary Club, 2005
- Law Day Elementary School Instructor, 3rd Grade, 2001
- Chosen Instructor, National Business Institute Presentation, 2000
- Speaker, Willow Grove Rotary Club, 1999
- Continuing Legal Education PBI and Montgomery Bar Lecturer/Author
- Instructor, Community Program
- Legal View Seminar, Norristown Public Library
- Art and Drama Coordinator, 26 Member Faculty and 600 Students
- Elementary Education Teacher, 1970 - 1985
Honors and Awards
- Strathmore's Who's Who Recipient, 2004 - 2005
- Alumni Award, Outstanding Service Award, Widener School of Law, 2003
- Award, Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court, 2003
- Award, Montgomery Bar Family Law Section, 2002
- Life Member, National Registry of Who's Who, 2000 Edition
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Member, 2005 - Present
- Collaborative Family Law Affiliates, Member, 2004
- National Conference of American Inns of Court, Representative, 1999
- Montgomery County Bench, Guardian Ad Litem
- Montgomery County Bench, Equitable Distribution, Arbitrator
- Montgomery County Bench, Hear Grounds Trial in Divorce Case, Special Master
- The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Member
- Mock Trial Competition, Panel Judge Participant
- Young Lawyers of Montgomery Bar Association
- Pilot Science Program, District Demonstrator
- Principal Selection Committee, Faculty Representative
- Association for Conflict Resolution, Member, 1996 - 1999
- MBA, Former Director
- Bench Bar, Parent Coordinator
Past Employment Positions
- Law Offices Of Leslee Silverman Tabas, Partner, 1996 - 1999
- Center For Matrimonial Dispute Resolutions, Incorporated, Executive Director, 1996 - 1999
- Penn State University, Instructor, CED Division, 1994 - 1998
- Gold-Bikin, Clifford, & Young, Attorney, 1992 - 1996
- Bucks And Montgomery County Domestic Relations, Hearing Officer, 1985 - 1992
- Bucks And Montgomery County Domestic Relations, Investigator, 1985 - 1992

