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New York Law Journal

Matter of Khalfani

ACS Granted Leave to Consent to All Medically Recommended Immunizations for Children
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

M.G. v. C.M.

Court to Decide the 'Home State' of Parties' Minor Child, Jurisdiction of Divorce Action
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

UK's Charles Russell Speechlys Enters Asia With Mayer Brown Hire

The London-based firm is opening a three-partner office in Hong Kong focusing on family law and wealth planning practices.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

NY Court Calls for End to TransPerfect Litigation in Wake of Del. Rulings

New York Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich slammed the suits as borderline 'frivolous.'
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Jackson v. Jackson, PICS Case No. 17-1006 (Pa. Super. June 16, 2017) Strassburger, J. (16 pages).

Wife had not waived her claim to equitable distribution where husband had filed divorce action raising claim for equitable distribution, wife filed counter-affidavit indicating a claim for economic relief, and the parties entered a bifurcated divorce where trial court retained jurisdiction over economic claims that survived the divorce. Order of the trial court reversed.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Re D.L.B., PICS Case No. 17-1005 (Pa. Super. June 15, 2017) Ford Elliott, P.J. (14 pages).

Trial court did not abuse its discretion in involuntarily terminating father's parental rights because father never had custody of child, had little contact or involvement in child's life, failed to cooperate with the services provided by CYF. Affirmed.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ruling Spotlights Dispute Over Attorney Access to Child Services Notes

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.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Big Boutique Family Lawyers Go Solo—and Other 'On the Move' News

David Marple and Melissa Davis Strickland have each left established family law firms to start their own shops. Both lawyers—midway through their careers with four children apiece—said it was time to try going solo.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bias in Custody Evaluations

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.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Jiwungkul v. Dir., Div. of Taxation

Same-Sex Couples Not Married or Entered in a Civil Union Not Entitled to Surviving Spouse Marital Deduction for Estate Tax
5 minute read

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