By Jason Grant | November 14, 2017
The justice explained that the husband's fighting of conspiracy and insider trading charges, and subsequent conviction and prison sentence, gave rise to an exceptional circumstance.
By Rhys Dipshan | November 9, 2017
The explosion of online data and personal devices is redefining how divorce attorneys work, creating new opportunities—and burdens—from everything from research to litigation.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Alton L. Abramowitz | November 8, 2017
In his Divorce Law column, Alton L. Abramowitz writes: Since the adoption of the Income Tax, the U.S. Congress has repeatedly wrestled with the question of which taxpayers should be burdened with the payment of income tax in a myriad of situations, oftentimes in an effort to maximize the amount of tax that the government can collect. The latest effort to “reform” our income tax laws presents another example of where tax law and divorce law intersect.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Dana M. Stutman | November 7, 2017
In this Outside Counsel column, Dana M. Stutman writes: It is time for the courts to place priority upon the emotional well-being of people that are divorcing (and their children) and to grant separations to parties as an interim step toward resolution.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Timothy M. Tippins | November 1, 2017
In his Matrimonial Practice column, Timothy M. Tippins discusses 'L.M.L. v. H.T.N.', which involved an application for interim exclusive possession of the marital residence. The decision substantially recasts one of the traditional standards governing the grant of such relief.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Richard H. Weisberg | October 31, 2017
Richard H. Weisberg discusses several recent cases in New York that have adjudicated the parental rights, if any, of a same-sex partner who formally neither plans the conception of nor adopts a child brought into the relationship by the other partner.
By Jason Grant | October 5, 2017
A New York appeals court ruled that Han Ming T., the former married partner of Marco D., a gay man now living in New York, was due notice of Marco D.'s petition to have their child adopted by his new homosexual partner.
By Alexa Woronowicz | September 29, 2017
Wife Fails to Show Substantial Change In Circumstance to Warrant Support Increase
By Andrew Denney | September 27, 2017
When the New York Court of Appeals issued its landmark 2016 ruling to expand the definition of parenthood to nonmarried ex-partners of biological parents, it left open the question of how such a parent could have standing to seek custody without a preconception agreement. A Long Island trial court has become the first to offer an answer.
By Julia Sands and Daniel Pollack | September 26, 2017
Julia Sands and Daniel Pollack write: Discrimination based on gender in many settings is illegal. However, because children in group homes are a particularly sensitive and vulnerable population to work with, there is a potentially tricky balance between steering clear of discrimination while hiring and/or assigning work shifts, and ensuring that children in the group home remain safe and comfortable.
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