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Monday, October 20, 2008

Fourth Department Holds Credit For College Expenses Not Mandatory

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In Pistilli v Pistilli, --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2008 WL 2713989 (N.Y.A.D. 4 Dept.) following the entry of a judgment that, inter alia, granted pl...

District Court Establishes Rules For Default Judgment in Hague Case

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In Aguirre v Calle, 2008 WL 4461931 (E. D. N. Y.) Petitioner alleged that her seven-year-old daughter, who resided in Colombia with her from...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Fifth Circuit Holds Ne Exeat Rights Are Not "Rights of Custody"

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In Abbott v Abbott, --- F.3d ----, 2008 WL 4210541 (5th Cir. 2008) the Fifth Circuit held that ne exeat rights do not constitute "right...
Monday, September 15, 2008

Eighth Circuit Concludes Abstention Inappropriate in Hague Convention Cases.

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In Barzilay v Barzilay, 536 F.3d 844 (8th Cir. 2008) Sagi and Tamar Barzilay were both Israeli citizens. They had three children, all of wh...
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Good Faith Allegation of Abuse Cannot Be Held Against Accuser in Custody Proceedings

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Domestic Relations Law § 240, subdivision 1 (a) was amended to provide that a good faith allegation of abuse cannot be held against the accu...
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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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