Harriet Newman Cohen

July 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Although the pandemic is, relatively speaking, in our rearview mirror, its influence over the law remains ever-present. With that backdrop, Harriet Newman Cohen took a look at changes in the New York notarial laws and their reach in the field of family law.

By Harriet Newman Cohen

13 minute read

July 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Family law is statewide. The law may be different. The practice may be different. The procedure may be different. And, in the case of domestic relations laws, procedure is substance, because the procedure can completely change your client's divorce and its consequences. In this article, I compare select aspects of the domestic relations laws of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.

By Harriet Newman Cohen

14 minute read

July 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The law must keep up with the advances in "Baby-Making Technology." Public policy is a moving target.

By Harriet Newman Cohen

13 minute read

July 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

What happens when the AFC believes that the child's wishes are contrary to the child's best interests and finds himself/herself at a crossroads with the child? The AFC must then decide whether it is permissible to use substituted judgment.

By Harriet Newman Cohen and Ankit Kapoor

16 minute read

July 24, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A in-depth discussion of the newly enacted "Child-Parent Security Act of 2020" recently signed into law. The Act establishes the legal framework for "surrogacy contracts," in New York.

By Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James

18 minute read

July 26, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Sometimes, the older client's question is posed in the starkest form: Am I better off getting a divorce or just waiting for my spouse to die? The smart lawyer's answer is “It depends on a lot of variables.”

By Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James

17 minute read

July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A discussion of the proposed legislation known as the “Child-Parent Security Act of 2017” (CPSA) which would lift the ban on surrogacy agreements in New York, with a look at the subtle and not so subtle benefits and burdens that may ensue if the legislation is passed.

By Harriet Newman Cohen and Kristen E. Marinaccio

14 minute read

August 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Harriet Newman Cohen and Amanda Laird Creegan of Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann write: Along with the blessings of the Internet have come the pitfalls. Private lives have been exposed and damaged. Persons have been subjected to cyberbullying. As matrimonial attorneys, we need not only to be aware of the joys, but also of the pitfalls of social media.

By Harriet Newman Cohen and Amanda Laird Creegan

15 minute read

July 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James of Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann analyze a recent custody decision in which the Court of Appeals cautioned the lower courts that there are only limited circumstances under which a court may make determinations regarding child custody without first conducting full and plenary hearings.

By Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James

35 minute read

July 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Harriet Newman Cohen and Laura A. Tucker of Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann analyze Bill A-7645-2015's new maintenance guidelines through the lens of New York's heralded divorce law reforms enacted since the advent of the equitable distribution law in 1980 and illustrates the workings of the new legislation.

By Harriet Newman Cohen and Laura A. Tucker

13 minute read