Nassau County established a Drug Treatment Court in 2009. The purpose of the court is to allow individuals charged with drug related felony charges to rehabilitate themselves and avoid going to jail. Recently eighteen graduates from the Nassau County Drug Treatment Court Program had a celebration. This was the thirtieth graduation from the … [Read more...]
Avoiding Traffic Tickets – Part II
Fighting the Speeding Ticket If you receive a speeding ticket, you should plead not guilty and ask for a trial. In some situations the prosecutors will plea bargain the matter and agree to give you a lesser ticket that involves less points on your license and a smaller fine. This is usually a good approach. Insurance companies often raise the … [Read more...]
Avoiding Speeding Tickets – Part I
Police officers have a job. Part of that job is to enforce traffic regulations. However, there is a financial incentive for municipalities to enforce traffic regulations. People who receive traffic tickets must pay fines. The fines create income for the municipalities. Speeding Tickets More than half of all of the traffic tickets given by police … [Read more...]
Hot Pursuit of an Individual Suspected of Committing a Misdemeanor Does Not Allow Police Officers to Enter His Home
Judge John Wilson sitting in the Criminal Court of Bronx County was recently presented with a case involving a warrant-less entry into a man's apartment. Police officers were investigating a crime scene in the Bronx. Mr. Cruz approached the scene and threw a piece of metal at one of the police officers. The police officer claimed the piece of metal … [Read more...]
The Unusual Custody Battle Involving 4 Year Old Veronica
Veronica, a beautiful 4 year old girl, was the subject of a long drawn out high profile custody litigation between her Native American father and the parents who adopted her. The Capobiancos adopted Veronica at the time of her birth in 2009. Since then they have been involved in litigation over custody of Veronica with Mr. Brown, her Native … [Read more...]
Matrimonial Law and Mental Illness
Divorce between two parties with children is emotionally, and often financially, difficult. Divorce can involve many legal aspects: worrying about visitation rights – now known as 'parenting time' – alimony considerations, custody battles and other issues. These matters are further complicated if there is evidence of mental health issues which may … [Read more...]
Reasons That A Majority Of All Baby Boomers Are Getting Divorced
Despite the overall divorce rate in US dropping, separation among boomers has truly increased in recent times. It seems to be a matter of grave concern that divorce rate among individuals over the age of 50 has increased to all most double rate. There is no single reason that you force you to believe the growing tendency among baby boomers to get … [Read more...]
Mother Allowed to Relocate with Child to Mississippi
The Appellate Division of the First Department of the State of New York, an appeals court, recently overruled a decision of Manhattan Family Court Referee Ivy Cook which denied a mother's request to relocate herself and her child to Mississippi. In her application the mother claimed that she could not support the child "beyond the subsistence … [Read more...]
Uncontested Divorce
The filing of an uncontested divorce can save the spouses to a marriage thousands of dollars, avoid a potentially aggravating lengthy dispute, and allow the parties to the marriage to move forward with their lives relatively quickly. Contested divorce proceedings are much more expensive, involve court appearances, and can be very emotionally … [Read more...]
Biological Mother Can’t Argue Ex-Same Sex Partner Not Be Considered a Child’s Parent
In April of 2013, Judge Theresa Whelan, sitting in the Family Court in Suffolk County, was presented with a same sex visitation case. The non-biological parent brought a petition for custody and/or visitation regarding a child born to her former same-sex partner. The respondent in the case, the biological parent, claimed the same-sex partner could … [Read more...]
