By Tom McParland | July 7, 2017
New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich slammed the suits as borderline 'frivolous.'
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 7, 2017
Wife had not waived her claim to equitable distribution where husband had filed divorce action raising claim for equitable distribution, wife filed counter-affidavit indicating a claim for economic relief, and the parties entered a bifurcated divorce where trial court retained jurisdiction over economic claims that survived the divorce. Order of the trial court reversed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 7, 2017
Trial court did not abuse its discretion in involuntarily terminating father's parental rights because father never had custody of child, had little contact or involvement in child's life, failed to cooperate with the services provided by CYF. Affirmed.
By Jason Grant | July 6, 2017
In the 18 months that Daniel Arshack has represented a Bronx woman charged with murdering her husband, he has been adamant that notes taken by caseworkers who interviewed her children would prove crucial to her defense. Last week, the First Department recognized his client's rights to share them within the confines of the attorney-client relationship. But if the case were in the Second Department, he would not have been allowed to see them.
By Meredith Hobbs | July 6, 2017
David Marple and Melissa Davis Strickland have each left established family law firms to start their own shops. Both lawyers—midway through their careers with four children apiece—said it was time to try going solo.
By Timothy M. Tippins | July 6, 2017
Matrimonial Practice columnist Timothy M. Tippins writes: Although sometimes called a standard, "best interests of the child" is not. It is in no way an operationally defined specification. It is at best a legal construct representing an aspiration, one laden with personal, social, cultural and moral value judgments.
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 6, 2017
Same-Sex Couples Not Married or Entered in a Civil Union Not Entitled to Surviving Spouse Marital Deduction for Estate Tax
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 6, 2017
State Court Judges Not Proper Parties to §1983 Suits Where Judges Acted as Neutral Arbiters
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 6, 2017
Best Interest Standard Applied to Consideration of Petition to Change Transgender Minor Child's Name to Match Identified Gender
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 5, 2017
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed Melody Glover, supervising attorney for Queens Law Associates; Elenor C. Reid, who has spent 16 years as an appellate court attorney and a principal law clerk for the state Unified Court System; and Christopher Robles, a family, civil and appellate litigator in private practice, to serve in the city's Family Court.
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