Chris Gottlieb

May 26, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The legislation amends the Social Services Law to raise the legal standard for determining that someone maltreated a child, shortens the length of time before records of neglect are sealed, and provides additional protections for accused parents before employers can access records.

By Chris Gottlieb

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June 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

We can and should provide parity to LGBT parents and others who cannot conceive without assistance by recognizing that parent-child relationships now often begin with assisted conception. The legal path to this goal, however, is far from simple. It must be laid through a minefield of potential unintended consequences, particularly for single parents.

By Chris Gottlieb and Dorchen A. Leidholdt

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June 22, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Chris Gottlieb, co-director of the NYU School of Law Family Defense Clinic, and Holly Beck, staff attorney with The Bronx Defenders, write that when a court conducts a hearing in the absence of a defending party, an attorney who appears for that party may face a dilemma: whether to participate in the hearing, and thereby waive the client's right to move based on excusable non-appearance to vacate a finding and re-open the hearing, or not participate and thereby forgo the opportunity to challenge the petitioner's case.

By Chris Gottlieb and Holly Beck

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