New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Chris Gottlieb | May 26, 2020
The legislation amends the Social Services Law to raise the legal standard for determining that someone maltreated a child, shortens the length of time before records of neglect are sealed, and provides additional protections for accused parents before employers can access records.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel R. Brandes | May 15, 2020
It would be fair to say that the legislation referred to as the Equitable Distribution Law of 1980, and the public policy that engendered it, as expressed in 'O'Brien v. O'Brien', no longer exists. Today, the statute represents a political compromise between "conflicting concerns."
By Jason Grant | May 5, 2020
The divorce attorney is accused by his ex-client of representing her in a divorce action despite the "conflict of interest" of her then-husband paying his lawyer fees. The ex-client also claims that her lawyer "continually ced[ed] her best interests on numerous critical issues to those of her then-husband."
By Jason Grant | April 29, 2020
The Appellate Division, First Department said that a 2018 hearing on whether two children should be returned to their father's custody should not have gone on for six months because of attorney and court scheduling conflicts.
By Lisa Zeiderman and Siobhan O'Grady | April 29, 2020
Litigants and attorneys should be checking the protocols in their local family courts every day to see if the individual family court is accepting filings of child support petitions.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alan Feigenbaum | April 29, 2020
As we collectively endeavor to hit the reset button and ultimately transition to the post-COVID-19 environment, an opportunity has been justly seized to further deter domestic violence in the home.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Denise E. Seidelman and Alexis L. Cirel | April 27, 2020
The CPSA is comprehensive, addressing and securing the legal relationship between children and their parents when the children were conceived through third-party reproduction.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Chris McDonough and Joel R. Brandes | April 23, 2020
In this article, the authors compare and contrast the Rules of Professional Conduct applicable to all attorneys, with those specific rules applicable to lawyers in domestic relations matters, and explain how to avoid a situation like that which occurred in a recent case, 'Adjmi v. Tawil'.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Abby Tolchinsky and Ellie Wertheim | April 21, 2020
In their Mediation column, Abby Tolchinsky and Ellie Wertheim write: Mediation is a tool that lends itself to these critical pandemic times—for families previously living with great levels of tension and conflict, the chance to have a facilitated conversation and ease the pressure can help spare them added anxiety and even resolve or preclude anger.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Alyssa A. Rower and Leslie Stewart Sullivan | April 20, 2020
If the purpose of maintenance is truly to tide the dependent spouse over until he/she can achieve self-sufficiency, then courts should consider practical issues that arise for the dependent spouse needing to be retrained.
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