New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel R. Brandes | September 28, 2022
In his Law and the Family column, Joel Brandes examines the situation when a spouse claims that the separate property of the other spouse has appreciated in value during the marriage and that the appreciation is marital property to which he or she is entitled to a share.
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.
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.
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.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alan Feigenbaum | September 12, 2022
While it is true that New York has no statutory presumption that joint custody is per se in a child's best interests, the fact is that New York's decisional law is evolving to the point where blanket statements to the effect that "there's no such thing as joint custody in New York" are shallow at best.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert Z. Dobrish | September 7, 2022
In a high-profile divorce, if there is no public relations firm to handle the media, it is usually the lawyer who is called upon to comment. Some do and some don't. The mud that is slung in divorce cases can often be extremely besmirching. How can an attorney assist the client in avoiding bad publicity?
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael Liptrot | September 1, 2022
There are several things to consider when traveling abroad, notwithstanding the provisions of your custody agreement or order, so below are a few tips on what you should be aware of when looking to travel internationally with your child(ren) in a shared custody situation.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Marilyn T. Sugarman | August 24, 2022
While New York's venue statute specifically contemplates that a New York domiciliary can have more than one residence, the application of the statute may have changed based on a recent Second Department decision.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alton L. Abramowitz | August 16, 2022
Justice Sotomayor, writing for an undivided court, in interpreting the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act, held that a court which finds the return of a child to its country of habitual residence would expose that child to "grave risk of harm" is not then required to examine all possible "ameliorative measures" prior to denying a parent's petition for return of that child to a foreign nation.
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