Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Elizabeth Lindsey | January 4, 2023
Family lawyers across the U.S. have noticed a growing level of animosity and rancor in clients, opposing counsel and opposing spouses. Parties and attorneys have become more difficult to deal with, more intransigent and less professional and are turning conflicts into highly personalized attacks.
By Andrew Denney | January 3, 2023
The commission, a 28-member body of judges and attorneys originally formed in 1991, is co-chaired by Appellate Division, First Department Justice Troy Webber and Albany Supreme Court Justice Richard Rivera, who is also supervising judge of the Family Court for the Third Judicial District.
By Allison Dunn | December 21, 2022
"Through Von Sacken's efforts, plaintiffs went from a neglectful (and in the baby's case, abusive) home to a living hell, which certainly meets the definition of an affirmative act," Senior Judge Richard F. Suhrheinrich wrote on behalf of the unanimous panel.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Allison M. Bustin | December 20, 2022
As an attorney in Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott's estates and trusts practice, imagine my surprise when Episode 5 aired, and suddenly my practice area was front and center of this engrossing series' build up to the season finale—and promised answer to the "whodunnit" structure of the series.
By Colleen Murphy | December 19, 2022
A formal complaint has been filed and a hearing date set for Superior Court Judge Michael J. Kassel for remarks he made to litigants appearing before him in which he expressed unfamiliarity with their cases and his dissatisfaction with his temporary assignment to family court, among other allegations.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Morgan M. Bonekovic | December 15, 2022
When both people agree on what would be a fair process for dividing assets at the outset of a marriage, the process is more clear-cut when separation is eminent.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Matheu D. Nunn, Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Carolyn N. Daly, Sheryl J. Seiden, Debra S. Weisberg, and Robin C. Bogan | December 15, 2022
The Family Bar shared a collective "sigh" of relief with publication of the 'Temple' decision.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Toby Kleinman and Daniel Pollack | December 13, 2022
This article posits that, where the appointment of a GAL is on behalf of the court, rather than to represent what the child wants as a party to the action, the appointment creates a circumstance that may be unconstitutional and a violation of an individual party's rights.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael E. Bertin | December 12, 2022
When parties enter into a "marriage" settlement agreement, also referred to as a "marital" settlement agreement, the parties are entering into a traditional contract. As such, marital settlement agreements are governed by contract law.
By Alan R. Feigenbaum and David B. Saxe | December 9, 2022
Change may not be easy at first, but progress often does not happen without some form of change.
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