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Thursday, January 08, 2015

Second Department Holds That it Is Only Appropriate for an Attorney for a Child to Form an Opinion as to What Would Be in the Child's Best Interest, after Gathering Evidence and Making a Complete Investigation.

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In Matter of Brown v Simon,--- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2014 WL 7392499 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept.), the parties entered into an agreement to share joint c...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Omission or Redaction of Confidential Personal Information

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 The Uniform Civil Rules of the Supreme and County Courts were amended to require the omission or redaction of Confidential Personal Info...

Divorce - Grounds - Domestic Relations Law § 170 (7) - Two Appellate Divisions Hold that Statement under Oath That the Marriage Was Irretrievably Broken for a Period of Six Months Was Sufficient to Establish Cause of Action for Divorce.

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In Hoffer-Adou v. Adou, --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2014 WL 5471501 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept.) the Appellate Division affirmed an order which sustained the...
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Family Court Act §451(1) amended

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          Family Court Act §451(1) , which was amended, effective December 22, 2014,  provides that an application to modify an order of...
Monday, September 08, 2014

Court of Appeals Establishes Rule for Third Party Discovery Subpoena

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In Kapon v Koch, ___NY 3d ___, 2014 WL 1315590, 2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 02327 (2014) the Court of Appeals, in an opinion by Ju...
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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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