New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elliott Scheinberg | January 5, 2022
On Dec. 16, 2021, the Court of Appeals, in 'Anderson v. Anderson' intelligently settled burning questions, which, for nearly 25 years, confounded bench and bar regarding acknowledgments in marital agreements.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Toby Kleinman and Daniel Pollack | December 28, 2021
Attorneys should seek to have a good rapport with a judge except where it interferes with appropriate, zealous advocacy. It is better to have a judge's respect for proper advocacy than to be thought of as "nice."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alan R. Feigenbaum | December 28, 2021
Alan Feignebaum uses the July 2021 case 'E.E.C. v. S.S.' as a backdrop to discuss the topic of judicially created "house rules" imposed on a child in a custody case who won't follow the agreed-upon visitation schedule.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert Z. Dobrish and Elodie E. de Bethmann | December 23, 2021
This article provides look at what the authors believe to be a feasible solution to the procedural obstacles created by the hearing requirement in custody cases including the need for judges to clarify and expand the applicability of the currently narrow exception to the requirement.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Toby Kleinman and Daniel Pollack | December 22, 2021
There are times when clients change their attorney multiple times or the adversary attempts to use changes of attorney against the litigant in a negative or derogatory fashion. Why does this happen and what can be done?
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Ian Bauer and Daniel Pollack | December 17, 2021
The upgrading of social service gatekeeping standards must be both a priority and ongoing process focused on ensuring the health, safety and well-being of these vulnerable citizens.n
By Jason Grant | December 14, 2021
The appellate opinion may put more onus on the state legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul to pass potential legislation that would make most or all criminal discovery rules for juveniles the basic equivalent of those for adults, according an appellate lawyer with The Legal Aid Society of New York who worked on the case.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel R. Brandes | December 10, 2021
In his Law and the Family column, Joel Brandes discusses the ethical obligation lawyers have to communicate with clients and adversaries and answers the question: Do we have to communicate by email?
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Leslie A. Silva and Ryan J. McCall | December 3, 2021
The goal of the legislature in passing this law is to provide custodial parents who are charged with caring for an adult-age child with the ability to continue supporting their children, with continuing financial contribution from the non-custodial party.
By Jasmine Floyd | November 16, 2021
"I believe it's because of the pandemic, because it's more embarrassing when we were in person for you to walk in and not be prepared. You can't play that off," said Miami litigator Loreal Arscott,
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