The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Carolyn N. Daly | July 9, 2023
In the face of massive delays, suspended trials, and unprecedented backlogs, there is every reason to permit family law matters to enter arbitration for limited purposes and limited timeframes.
By Charles Toutant | July 7, 2023
"[T]his next period is still going to be uncertain in terms of how the transition is going to work out," Vineland attorney Daniel Rosner said.
By Brian Lee | July 6, 2023
The organizations' pro bono legal team is fighting to annul the "Host Family Homes" program because they say it omits important legal protections for children.
By Dara Kam | July 3, 2023
The approval drew an outcry from members of the "First Wives Advocacy Group," a coalition of mostly older women who receive permanent alimony and who assert that their lives will be upended without the payments.
By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack | June 30, 2023
The Eighth District Court of Appeals in El Paso recently dealt with this issue.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel R. Brandes | June 29, 2023
Civil contempt is punishable by imprisonment or fine, and since 2016 has become a remedy of first resort. For that reason, it can be very effective to enforce financial awards in matrimonial actions. However, a contempt finding will be reversed when an accused spouse is denied his constitutional rights.
Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Rebecca L. Palmer | June 28, 2023
As with marriage equality, married gay couples have the same right to divorce as straight couples, but they may face complications around the legal dissolution of their marriage, division of assets and parental rights.
By Cedra Mayfield | June 27, 2023
"I may not have any response from a judge or his [or] her staff for an order on a hearing that was held over 19 months ago," said Elizabeth Green Lindsey of Davis, Matthews & Quigley.
By Peter R. Stambleck | June 27, 2023
When providing information that will form the basis of calculations for spousal maintenance and child support obligations, soon-to-be-ex-spouses may try to game the system. Spouses on the receiving end of such maneuvering are not helpless. By imputing income to a spouse, a court can level the playing field by using the higher overall income figure as the basis for its calculation of spousal maintenance or child support to be paid.
By Jason Grant | June 26, 2023
The lower court wrongly inserted an "unwritten category of cases," namely proceedings that may include arguments implicating documents filed under seal, into New York's "statutory exception" to the rule that court proceedings should be open to the public, an appeals panel said.
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