Alton L Abramowitz

April 23, 2024 | New York Law Journal

In 1907, the state of New York made it a crime to commit adultery. That Class B misdemeanor was carried over from prior law when the Penal Law was revised in 1965. Now, New York State Assembly Bill No. 4714 calls for the repeal of that provision.

By Alton L. Abramowitz and Leigh Baseheart Kahn

12 minute read

November 16, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Recent news stories featuring celebrities, prominent businesspeople and the wealthy provide fodder for public consumption and their reported circumstances and controversies lend themselves as examples of situations (occasionally outlandish) that provide important lessons to matrimonial and family law practitioners and their clients.

By Alton L. Abramowitz and Leigh Baseheart Kahn

12 minute read

August 14, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The case law surrounding the interpretation and enforcement of prenuptial agreements has become more profound and robust as time has worn on, making it interesting to and essential for family, estate and divorce law practitioners to review recent judicial precedents on a regular, periodic basis to look for guidance in assisting their clients seeking to engage in the private ordering of their new family's financial affairs as they enter into a marriage.

By Alton L. Abramowitz

11 minute read

March 09, 2023 | New York Law Journal

On Aug. 31, 2022, U.S. District Court Judge Ann M. Donnelly of the Eastern District of New York issued her decision and order, which provides lawyers with the opportunity to review the end result of the case's protracted proceedings, something that is not always available in those state courts where lower court decisions are not regularly reported and published.

By Alton L. Abramowitz

10 minute read

October 14, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Mr. Feigenbaum cannot claim ignorance of the work that has been and continues to be done in response to 'Dobbs'.

By Alton L. Abramowitz, Leigh Baseheart Kahn, Lee Rosenberg and Adam John Wolff

4 minute read

August 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Justice Sotomayor, writing for an undivided court, in interpreting the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, held that a court which finds the return of a child to its country of habitual residence would expose that child to "grave risk of harm" is not then required to examine all possible "ameliorative measures" prior to denying a parent's petition for return of that child to a foreign nation.

By Alton L. Abramowitz

8 minute read

February 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In this edition of his Divorce Law column, Alton L. Abramowitz discusses a few decisions that represent the proverbial "tip of the iceberg" with respect to the protection of children at a time imbued with periodic surges of COVID-19 and its multiple variants. They provide us with proof positive of the basic premise that courts are still concerning themselves with the centuries' old standard of determining what is in "the best interests of children," inclusive of vaccination requirements.

By Alton L. Abramowitz

9 minute read

November 12, 2021 | New York Law Journal

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed into law legislation that amends both the Domestic Relation Law and the Family Court Act by making the parents of adult children with "certain" developmental disabilities chargeable for the support of those children until the age of 26.

By Alton L. Abramowitz

7 minute read

August 16, 2021 | New York Law Journal

It's never too early to start planning for retirement. However, most couples generally do not plan for divorce during or as they approach their later years in life. In his Divorce Law column, Alton Abramowitz discusses what makes the job of the attorney for older matrimonial clients different than when representing clients "in the prime of their lives."

By Alton L. Abramowitz

8 minute read

February 09, 2021 | New York Law Journal

On Feb. 15, 2021, New York's Child-Parent Security Act (CPSA) becomes fully effective, creating a process that legitimizes surrogacy and providing a new basis for determining the parentage of children born by means of assisted reproductive technology and/or surrogacy. Alton L. Abramowitz describes some of the new provisions in this edition of his Divorce Law column.

By Alton L. Abramowitz

7 minute read