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New York Law Journal

Ensuring That Trusts Created During a Marriage Survive a Divorce

The treatment of trusts in divorce proceedings can complicate what might otherwise seem like straightforward estate planning.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Family Court Assigned Counsel Panel: If Not You, Who?

"Our statewide Family Court panels, are in crisis. They are in need of new, experienced practitioners to replace the many who have been retiring in recent years as the numbers of litigants in need of Assigned Counsel services have increased."
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Stalking Is a Contextual Crime: Recent Fla. Case Tackles Issue

A recent case in the Court of Appeal of Florida, First District, Hoover v. Peak, examined the context of the state's stalking statute.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Missing Law for Pets of Unmarried Partners

As of 2021, the interests of pets of divorcing married partners are well-protected. However, there is a gap in the law for pets of separating partners who were never married. Those unlucky pets are still being treated the same as furniture and cars.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

When Blood Is Not Thicker Than Water: Long-Term Foster Parents May Get Preference for Adoption

Who should have preference to adopt a foster child if the parental rights of the biological parents have been severed?
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Celebrating Daughter's Day With Purpose

The day offers the perfect opportunity to celebrate that special bond between parents and their daughters.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State Supreme Court Clarifies Special Immigrant Juvenile Practice in Pa.

Looking specifically at the Velasquez case, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted discretionary review to clarify the role of Pennsylvania courts in deciding whether our courts could make the necessary findings to support SIJ status and, if so, what branch of our court system has the ability to make those determinations.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Oral Argument Set: Justices to Weigh Constitutionality of Georgia's Equitable Caregiver Act in October

"By the rights afforded parents by our Constitutions, the best interest of a child cannot in and of itself be the basis for a stand-alone statute that would allow for any person who has ever had contact with a child to step in and argue for parental 'rights and responsibilities,'" briefed appellant counsel Elizabeth S. Pitts of Denny, Pease, Kirk & Morgan in Columbus.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Confidentiality Orders in Divorce Have Teeth

Blank Rome partner Alan Feigenbaum discusses the recent decision by Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall in 'J.N. v. T.N.,' to highlight the importance of taking court orders seriously.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Can Technical Defects Void a Marriage?

Although there has been much attention paid to how the law has been evolving on the cutting edges of marriage and divorce law, as it happens, there are still some ambiguities on more essential and mundane aspects of marriage and divorce that the courts are still clarifying.
6 minute read

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