Robert Z Dobrish

April 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Prior to the Child Support Standards Act, there was a wide disparity of child support awards due to a lack of clear standards and formulas. In 1995, the Court of Appeals stepped in to provid guidance, offering two ways to calculate an award: One is by setting a cap and the other is by demonstrating proven costs. Authors Robert Dobrish and Lee Rosenberg offer their thoughts on this hot-button issue of why judges seem to favor the cap method over the other.

By Robert Z. Dobrish and Lee Rosenberg

11 minute read

January 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

A continued discussion on the surrounding issues involved with attorneys for children.

By Robert Z. Dobrish

8 minute read

October 16, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The repeated need to correct Toby Kleinman's misinformation is unfair to readers of this publication and to those of us who understand that such misinformation in this very specialized area of law is dangerous to families and children.

By Elliott Scheinberg, Lawrence Jay Braunstein, Robert Z. Dobrish, Lee Rosenberg and Adam John Wolff

10 minute read

July 18, 2023 | New York Law Journal

[Editor's note: This article was submitted in response to Toby Kleinman's article "Accountability And Oversight: Domestic Violence, Child Abuse,…

By Robert Z. Dobrish, Lee Rosenberg, Elliott Scheinberg, Adam John Wolff and Eric I. Wrubel

4 minute read

April 04, 2023 | New York Law Journal

In New York with the popularity of mental health professionals and the advent of AFCs, the appearance of guardian ad litem's or "GALs" in custody cases has diminished significantly. Unfortunately, so has the notion of due process of law.

By Robert Z. Dobrish

7 minute read

March 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Children's capacity to engage in custody matters is expanding. We're not quite there yet, but this article looks at this expanding role of children in their own matter and asks "How far away are we from the day when a child might have the right to employ counsel and initiate a custody proceeding?"

By Robert Z. Dobrish

9 minute read

March 02, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Editor's note: This letter was submitted in response to Fink & Katz partner Phillp Katz's column "Praemonitus Praemunitus: The Importance of the…

By Robert Z. Dobrish, Lee Rosenberg, Adam John Wolff and Eric I. Wrubel

3 minute read

September 07, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In a high-profile divorce, if there is no public relations firm to handle the media, it is usually the lawyer who is called upon to comment. Some do and some don't. The mud that is slung in divorce cases can often be extremely besmirching. How can an attorney assist the client in avoiding bad publicity?

By Robert Z. Dobrish

10 minute read

March 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In December 2021, a Blue Ribbon Commission originally appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, issued a report on forensic evaluations which recommended, among other things, that forensic evaluations should be eliminated. This article presents an argument against the elimination of forensic evaluations which, in the author's opinion, "would step our court system backwards to a seemingly prehistoric time in our state when judges had boundless discretion and no standards to apply."

By Robert Z. Dobrish

8 minute read

March 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"We have not had GALs in custody cases in New York for more than a decade."

By Robert Z. Dobrish and Marilyn T. Sugarman

1 minute read