Getting divorced can be difficult. Sometimes the parties agree and sometimes they disagree on various issues related to the marriage. After a long and difficult period of time, spouses work out settlements. Settlements in divorces deal with custody issues, spousal maintenance, support of the children, division of the parties property and a host … [Read more...]
Wishing You And Yours A Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
We are sending holiday cheer to you in the hopes that you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year. As we look forward to 2022 we humbly pray that the new year brings a new sense of peace and joy as we enter the new year ready for a return to normalcy and prosperity. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, we are immensely grateful, that with all the changes in our world, we have friends and family with whom we can gather. Let us take time this year to live in gratitude for the bounty we experience all around us. … [Read more...]
Mother Granted Relocation
In a case before Judge Matthew Cooper, who sits in Supreme Court in New York County, a mother brought an application to relocate with her children from Manhattan to Scarsdale, which is in Westchester County. The father resided in New Jersey. The parties had joint legal custody. The mother was the residential custodial parent and the father had a … [Read more...]
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Divorce cases after Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has had numerous effects on divorce litigation. The process now takes longer because courts have been closed for a period of time in New York due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At the current time, litigants in court proceedings in New York do not personally appear in court. Court appearance are handled on Microsoft Teams, a … [Read more...]
Things To Consider When Considering Divorce
The 1970s saw the highest rate of divorce for marriages in America, with rates higher than 5 divorces per every 1,000 Americans. Although divorce rates have generally been in a downward trend since then, the complications and effects from going through a divorce have not been in a generally downward trend. Depending on how people look at it, the … [Read more...]
COVID-19 and Domestic Violence: Things You Should Know
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, or U.N. Women, and the American Journal of Emergency Medicine stated that when the coronavirus pandemic began, domestic violence incidents skyrocketed around the world. There has been a 300% increase in Hubei, China, 50% in Brazil, 33% in Singapore, and 25% in Argentina. … [Read more...]
