New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel R. Brandes | October 19, 2022
All of the Appellate Division departments follow the rule of 'Bast v. Russoff', that a parent who has physical custody of the child for a majority of the time in a shared custody situation is considered the custodial parent for child support purposes.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Michael E. Bertin | October 17, 2022
The decision of whether to allow a child to receive any vaccination is a legal custody decision. When the parties reach an impasse regarding a legal custody decision, the trial court is the tie breaker.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Mason Lawlor | October 17, 2022
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted the Office of Disciplinary Counsel's recommendation to suspend an attorney for one year after he made unwanted sexual advances toward a client and botched her child custody case.
By Jason Grant | October 17, 2022
Ohio's highest court wrote that the judge "fail[ed] to disclose whether he considered a less restrictive means of limiting public access" to the documents "such as redaction."
By Jason Grant | October 14, 2022
In choosing to accept a joint motion requesting the attorney only be punished with a public censure, as opposed to a license suspension or disbarment, the Appellate Division, First Department court went to extraordinary lengths to explain that it wasn't "tolerating disrespectful and discourteous behavior by a member of the Bar."
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Alton L. Abramowitz, Leigh Baseheart Kahn, Lee Rosenberg and Adam John Wolff | October 14, 2022
Mr. Feigenbaum cannot claim ignorance of the work that has been and continues to be done in response to 'Dobbs'.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Megan A. DelVecchio | October 13, 2022
In a majority of custody cases, both parents share legal custody of their children. Legal custody in Pennsylvania is defined as the right to make major decisions on behalf of a child, including education decisions. If parents disagree on where their children should attend school, they can seek the court's intervention.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Matheu D. Nunn, Alyssa Engleberg, Judy Doyle and Megan Sartor | October 12, 2022
There are generally three approaches to value that are to be considered in each valuation engagement: the asset, income and market approaches.
By Allison Dunn | October 11, 2022
Shena Dixon Mason simultaneously represented the couple in matters adverse to one another where there was a significant risk that Mason's representation of each was materially limited by her responsibilities to the other. On behalf of the wife, Mason proceeded with obtaining divorce by publication and sought divorce by default when Mason knew the husband would be adversely affected, while representing him in a separate matter, according to the disposition filing.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Toby Kleinman and Daniel Pollack | October 11, 2022
Attorneys must carefully scrutinize what a judge has said or done before making a motion for recusal, but one should not fear making such a motion where it is appropriate.
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