By Cedra Mayfield | June 26, 2023
Effective June 1, the Fulton County Superior Court judge's retirement leaves a vacancy in the Family Division.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By James W. Cushing | June 23, 2023
While having an ALJ rule in your client's favor in a DHS matter is certainly a good thing for your client, there is a likelihood that it will have little, if any, impact on a parallel custody matter.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Toby Kleinman | June 23, 2023
Parens Patriae refers to the power of the state to intervene against an abusive or negligent parent, and to act as the parent of any child in need of protection. This article is a call for legislation to be created to assure parens patriae oversight by the court. The author writes: "It is time for legislation to be enacted to assure that judges who are charged with child protection take action to actually protect children in their role as parens patraie."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | June 22, 2023
"The majority may delude itself into thinking that its words will not impact anyone but the parties and the trial judge in this case, but the words it uses to convey its standards carry precedential effect and are not limited to this one dispute," Justice David Wecht wrote.
By Alan Feigenbaum | June 21, 2023
If there was ever a case to be made that professional reading should be added to your summer reading list, look no further than Judge Jeffrey Goodstein's page turning decision in LSS v. MS, Supreme Court, Nassau County, which reminds divorce lawyers that we cannot control what happens after a prenuptial agreement is signed. Life happens after a prenuptial agreement is signed, and LSS v. MS shows what can happen as a consequence of disregarding the mandate of a prenuptial agreement.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael E. Bertin | June 20, 2023
In the recent case of Crocker-Fasulo v. Fasulo, the court addressed a petition to modification or termination of alimony filed by the husband.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | June 15, 2023
"In writing the IDEA, Congress understood that families take many forms, but the bottom line is always the best interest of the child with a disability. That is why the IDEA has such a broad definition of the person assuming the role of 'parent,'" said the plaintiffs' attorney, Alan L. Yatvin of Weir Greenblatt Pierce, in Philadelphia.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elliott Scheinberg | June 14, 2023
A Manhattan Supreme Court justice's recent ruling is dangerous because it can mislead members of the bar who rely on published decisions as gospel, as they often go unaddressed and uncorrected, a Law Journal columnist writes.
Delaware Business Court Insider | News
By Ellen Bardash | June 14, 2023
The Court on the Judiciary has published opinions imposing discipline on 10 judges since 1989.
By Alexander Lugo | June 13, 2023
"Shame on Greenberg Traurig, who knew all of this, and did nothing to stand up for the rights of domestic abuse survivors like me and my daughters," said Catherine Kassenoff, who wrote a letter accusing her ex-husband and former Greenberg Traurig shareholder Allan Kassenoff of abuse.
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