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Saturday, August 23, 2008

CPLR 5241 Amended. New Proceeding No Longer Necessary to Assert Mistake of Fact

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Until now, New York law required that where an income execution is served on a debtor, the debtor had 15 days to reply and, where the income...
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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Seventh Circuit Holds That by Virtue of Doctrines of Patria Potestas and Ne Exeat, Venezuelan Father Had "Rights of Custody"

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In Vale v. Avila, 2008 U.S. App. Lexis 17068 (7 Cir. 2008) the parties, Venezuelan citizens, were married in Venezuela in 1999 and the follo...

DRL 111-c Added to Grant Foreign Adoptions Full Faith and Credit in New York State

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Section 111-c was added to the Domestic Relations Law. It provides the same rights to foreign adoptions as adoptions in New York State, prov...
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Under former EPTL 5-1.4, a disposition in a will to a former spouse was revoked by a divorce or annulment unless the will expressly provides...
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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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