Daily Business Review | Commentary
By Rebecca L. Palmer | February 9, 2023
Many family law professionals and their clients would agree that there is never a right time to experience the stress, emotional strain, and financial toll that is part of a divorce proceeding, but recent reports show that there is a 40% increase in divorce inquiries leading up to and following Valentine's Day—making it by default, the divorce time of year.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alan Feigenbaum | February 7, 2023
The path towards trying to achieve unbreakable, or "ironclad" agreements for our clients may have just gotten a lot more treacherous in New York.
Delaware Law Weekly | On the Move
By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | February 7, 2023
Gawthrop Greenwood family law attorney Carl W. Heckert covered various topics regarding procedures related to real estate matters in family law cases during a seminar for Delaware family law judges and practitioners of the Melson-Arsht Inns of Court.
By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack | February 6, 2023
Over the past few decades, Texas family lawyers have engaged in a legal fiction: Let's tie a bow around the package of a partition and exchange agreement by seeking to have the agreement made the subject of a declaratory judgment action.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael E. Bertin | February 6, 2023
If the protection from abuse order is violated, the commonwealth may institute a criminal proceeding for indirect criminal contempt. If the commonwealth is successful, and the defendant is convicted, the defendant will suffer a criminal sentence, which may include probation or incarceration for up to six months.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Peter E. Bronstein, Eric A. Buckley and Meredith L. Strauss | February 6, 2023
The practical effect of the newly passed legislation is that litigants will incorporate the phraseology of the statute into their custody wars. Children and their parents will be forced to remain in the limbo of divorce and custody proceedings even longer.
By Jason Grant | February 3, 2023
"Contrary to plaintiff's [Anna Condo's] contention," special master Susan Bender, "had the legal authority to award legal fees associated with defendant's [former husband, George Condo's] motion sequence ... and the defense against plaintiff's appeals to this Court," wrote the appellate panel.
By ALM Staff | February 2, 2023
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
By Colleen Murphy | January 31, 2023
"We recognize the challenges faced by district court judges, often presiding over emotionally charged cases involving litigants and lawyers who might challenge their authority, insult their integrity, impugn their good names, and even attempt to bait them into losing control," the New Mexico Supreme Court said in its censure. "In those instances, district court judges, no matter how egregious the behavior by counsel or clients, must remain above the fray in order to carry out their official duties."
By Cedra Mayfield | January 31, 2023
"They don't want to file joint taxes anymore," wrote Lawrenceville family law attorney Sharon Jackson.
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