By Marianna Wharry | September 27, 2022
"As the Court explained in Lehr, where a relationship is established between father and child that 'demonstrates a full commitment to the responsibilities of parenthood' the Constitution protects that relationship," Justice Robyn Brody wrote for the unanimous panel. "'But the mere existence of a biological link does not merit equivalent constitutional protection.'"
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Laurie J. McPherson and Samantha A. Barach | September 27, 2022
A discussion of fee shifting provisions which are important tools for enforcement of parties' obligations under their matrimonial settlement agreements.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Madeline Manion | September 26, 2022
Along with trying to dismiss the expert's report and testimony, Timothy Beggs, the father of the child, who was only referred to in the opinion as S.B., had argued that the trial court failed to fully address the best interest of the child in making its determination.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By James W. Cushing | September 26, 2022
In the matter of Goodwin v. Goodwin, 70 MAP 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has helped clarify what constitutes divisible marital property in the context of divorce.
By Jason Grant | September 23, 2022
"If the amount is not paid by that date, I'm going to be forced—unfortunately because it's not something I want to do—I'm going to be forced to remand the defendant into custody," Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Katz reportedly said at a court hearing Friday.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Carolyn R. Mirabile | September 22, 2022
The most common problem in an agreement relates to the financial disclosure of the parties. Clients never quite know how much financial disclosure is required and how to actually disclose their assets. The obvious assets aren't always so easy to identify and clients are more often than not reluctant to disclose everything believing that somehow the other side won't find out.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Jeralyn Lawrence | September 22, 2022
New Jersey is among a minority of states in which savings habits during a marriage can be considered in determining the amount of an alimony award, and the issue still arises in many high-net-worth divorces.
By Colleen Murphy | September 20, 2022
"The GJC is grateful to the district and municipal courts who chose to initiate these programs and who participated in our pilot project," said Kitsap County District Court Judge Marilyn Paja, co-chair of the Washington Supreme Court's Gender and Justice Commission. "We are hopeful more courts will consider DV-MRT, and this will prompt additional study."
By Andrew Denney | September 20, 2022
"Since the killing of George Floyd, there has been a different kind of conversation about the structural racism of the child welfare system and that people are seeing that it's very much analogous to the structural racism and the danger of the abuse of government authority in the criminal realm and the immigration realm," said Chris Gottlieb of the New York University School of Law's Family Defense Clinic.
By Jason Grant | September 19, 2022
"We can make a difference for the present; we can make a difference for the future," said Broda as he spoke at an Albany-held reception.
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