By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 10, 2017
Wife Denied Rescission/Modification of Custody Provisions in Parties' Separation Agreement
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 7, 2017
ACS Granted Leave to Consent to All Medically Recommended Immunizations for Children
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 7, 2017
Court to Decide the 'Home State' of Parties' Minor Child, Jurisdiction of Divorce Action
By Jason Grant | July 6, 2017
In the 18 months that Daniel Arshack has represented a Bronx woman charged with murdering her husband, he has been adamant that notes taken by caseworkers who interviewed her children would prove crucial to her defense. Last week, the First Department recognized his client's rights to share them within the confines of the attorney-client relationship. But if the case were in the Second Department, he would not have been allowed to see them.
By Timothy M. Tippins | July 6, 2017
Matrimonial Practice columnist Timothy M. Tippins writes: Although sometimes called a standard, "best interests of the child" is not. It is in no way an operationally defined specification. It is at best a legal construct representing an aspiration, one laden with personal, social, cultural and moral value judgments.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 5, 2017
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed Melody Glover, supervising attorney for Queens Law Associates; Elenor C. Reid, who has spent 16 years as an appellate court attorney and a principal law clerk for the state Unified Court System; and Christopher Robles, a family, civil and appellate litigator in private practice, to serve in the city's Family Court.
By Marcia Coyle | July 5, 2017
The Trump administration may not view grandparents, aunts, uncles and others as having close enough family relationships in the United States to be excluded from the government's travel ban, but the U.S. Supreme Court on at least two occasions, in different contexts, has recognized the importance of those family bonds.
By Andrew Denney | July 3, 2017
For most people, divorce is an experience they would pay to forget. For actor Ben Vereen, who did just that, it cost him at least $10,000 in attorney fees.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 30, 2017
Denial of Mother's Relocation, With Parties' Child, to Florida is Affirmed, Explained
By Jason Grant | June 23, 2017
A Manhattan judge properly imputed income in a divorce to an Ivy League-educated wife who stopped full-time lawyering in 1999, since she maintained her law license, engaged in professional activities and did consulting work, an appeals court has ruled.
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