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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Family Court Act 812 Amended

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Family Court Act 812 (1) (c) was amended to include in the list of persons who the court has jurisdiction to grant an order of protection, p...
Monday, July 28, 2008

Divorce or Annulment Now Revokes Any Revocable Disposition or Appointment of Property to a Former Spouse

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Under former EPTL 5-1.4, a disposition in a will to a former spouse was revoked by a divorce or annulment unless the will expressly provides...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

2d Circuit Reaffirms Croll Holding That Ne Exeat Clause Does Not Create Rights of Custody and Holds That District Court May Enforce Rights of Access

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In Duran v Beaumont, --- F.3d ----, 2008 WL 2780656 (2nd Cir.(N.Y.)) Appellant and Appellee, both Chilean citizens, never married. Their d...
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

District Court Holds Hague Convention Applies to Wrongful Retention Occurring after Peru's Initial Accession to Convention, but Prior to US Acceptance

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In Viteri v Pflucker, 550 F.Supp.2d 829 (ND Ill 2008) on February 28, 2008, petitioner, Carlos Viteri, filed a Petition for Return of Child ...
Monday, July 07, 2008

Error Not to Credit Wife with 50% of Husband's Pre-marital Debts Paid with Marital Funds During the Marriage

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In Mahoney-Buntzman v Buntzman, --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2008 WL 2066586 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept.) Supreme Court, among other things, fixed the wife...
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Joel R. Brandes
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This blog is written by Joel R. Brandes of The Law Firm of Joel R. Brandes, 43 West 43rd Street, Suite 34, New York, NY 10036-7424, 212-859-5079. Mr. Brandes has been recognized by the Appellate Division as a “noted authority and expert on New York family law and divorce.“ He is the author of the treatise Law and The Family New York, 2024-2025 Edition (12 volumes) and Law and the Family New York Forms 2024 Edition (5 volumes) (both Thomson Reuters). His book, the New York Matrimonial Trial Handbook, 2d Edition (Bookbaby, 2025) is available in Bookstores and online in the print edition at the Bookbaby Bookstore, Amazon, andd Barnes and Noble. It is also available in Kindle ebook editions and epub ebook editions in his website (www.nysdivorce.com) bookstore. He writes the annual updates to Law and the Family New York, and Law and the Family New York Forms, with his daughter Bari Brandes Corbin, Esq., and his son Evan Barett Brandes, Esq. Joel R. Brandes concentrates his practice on appeals in divorce, equitable distribution, custody, and family law cases, as well as in post-judgment enforcement and modification proceedings.
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