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Friday, September 15, 2017

Religious Upbringing Clause in Custody Agreement Cannot Be Enforced Extent it is not in Best Interests of Children or Violates Parent’s Legitimate Due Process Right to Express Oneself and Live Freely.

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           In Weisberger v Weisberger, --- N.Y.S.3d ----, 2017 WL 3496090, 2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 06212  (2d Dept., 2017) in their stipulation o...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Chief Administrative Judge Adopts New Rules for Matrimonial Actions

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By Administrative Order A/O/100/17, 22 NYCRR §202.50 (b) was amended to add a new section 202.50 (b)(3). The new section requires t...

Parties May Chart Their Own Litigation Course by Agreement Which Courts Are Bound to Enforce. Waiver of Physician-patient Privilege in Contesting Custody Requires Showing That Resolution of Custody Issue Requires Revelation of Protected Material

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        In Bruzzese v Bruzzese, --- N.Y.S.3d ----, 2017 WL 2961475, 2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 05579 (2d Dept., 2017) the plaintiff commenced a...

Where Stipulation Fails to Identify Who Submits QDRO it Is Generally the Responsibility of the Party Seeking Approval of QDRO

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               In Scheriff v Scheriff, --- N.Y.S.3d ----, 2017 WL 3044528, 2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 05760 (2d Dept., 2017) the parties stipu...

Child in a Custody Matter Does Not Have “Full-party” Status and Cannot Appeal from Denial of Mothers Modification Petition Where She Does Not Appeal.

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          In Matter of Lawrence v Lawrence, --- N.Y.S.3d ----, 2017 WL 2604311 (Mem), 2017 N.Y. Slip Op. 05023 (4 th Dept., 2017) the...
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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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