Family Law Blog
Posted on Jul 8, 2014
The divorce process is one of the most stressful and emotionally painful events that one can experience. Divorce is also extremely stressful for the children whose parents are going through the ...
Continue reading "A Child's Perspective on Divorce" »
Posted on Jul 3, 2014
So the Supreme Court decided (in a 5-4 decision) that closely held (private) for profit businesses can refuse to pay for a woman's contraception, using "religious objections" as their ...
Continue reading "Supreme Court Decision on Hobby Lobby" »
Posted on May 20, 2014
The New York Court of Appeals has struck down a provision of the New York Penal Law, Section 240.30 (1)(a) as "unconstitutionally vague and overbroad", which will have an immediate effect on ...
Continue reading "Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree Declared Unconstitutional in New York" »
Posted on May 15, 2014
Michael Sam, former University of Missouri Defensive End and this season's SEC Defensive Player of the Year, was drafted in the final round by the St. Louis Rams in last weeks NFL draft. However, ...
Continue reading "Gay Rights?" »
Posted on May 8, 2014
The botched execution in Oklahoma of convicted murderer Clayton Lockett has spurred the debate over the constitutionality of lethal injection - is it cruel and unusual punishment - and led the ...
Continue reading "Time to Really Rethink The Death Penalty" »
Posted on Jan 4, 2013
Peretz Family Law & Mediation, P.C. zealously and represents clients and mediates family law and matrimonial matters. I personally strive to give my all in my advocacy for my clients. The process ...
Continue reading "Matrimonial and Family Law Litigation in Disarray" »
Posted on Jan 3, 2013
It's Time for Gun Control As the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut return to school, albeit in a refurbished former middle school in a neighboring Connecticut town, ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2012
Sandy Hook School Massacre: Enough is Enough Peretz Family Law & Mediation is dedicated to the advocacy and representation of children and families and to the advocacy of the best interests of ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2012
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit civil rights organization, was established to protect and defend blacks during the civil rights movement. The SPLC established Teaching Tolerance about ...
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Posted on Oct 1, 2012
The first debate of the 2012 presidential election is October 3. However, the issue of our public education system does not seem to be on the agenda. President Obama does not want to discuss public ...
Continue reading "Education Reform" »
Posted on Oct 1, 2012
Election 2012 Peretz Family Law & Mediation is a law firm dedicated to the advocacy of family and children's rights and interests. To be clear, I do not espouse any political beliefs to my ...
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Posted on Jun 18, 2011
Effective October 2010, the Domestic Relations Law was amended to create a "rebuttable presumption" that counsel fees shall be awarded to the non-monied spouse in divorce actions. The Appellate ...
Continue reading "Awards of Counsel Fee Pendente Lite Given More Weight" »
Posted on Apr 26, 2011
A recent New York Law Journal article, published on April 7, 2011, reports that a Nassau County Supreme Court matrimonial judge (Anthony J. Falanga) decided in a case before him that "a spouses ...
Continue reading "Nassau County Judge Says There Is No Defense to "No Fault" Divorce" »
Posted on Apr 1, 2011
Spouses going through a divorce action in Nassau County Supreme Court may be required to attend mediation. As of March 2011, a program started by Hon. Robert Ross, Supervising Judge of the Nassau ...
Continue reading "Mediation in Matrimonial Cases in Nassau County Supreme Court" »
Posted on Mar 31, 2011
If you are contemplating a divorce or a custody litigation, or you are in the midst of such a family conflict, but you believe that you and your significant other can work together to find a ...
Continue reading ""Nesting" Is a Creative Custody Arrangement" »
Posted on Mar 30, 2011
The thought of getting a divorce probably elicits quite a visceral response - fear, anger, sadness, anxiety - to name a few. Whether you are the spouse who initiates the divorce process or if your ...
Continue reading "How Do You Select a Divorce Lawyer?" »
Posted on Mar 28, 2011
As a result of the financial crisis in New York State, as of April 1, 2011, there no longer will be funding for Judicial Hearing Officers (JHO's) to assist the judges in handling litigated divorces in ...
Continue reading "Another Reason to Mediate Your Divorce" »
Posted on Mar 28, 2011
Another casualty of the financial crisis in New York State is the elimination, or at least the suspension, of the use of Judicial Hearing Officers in divorce cases in the New York State Supreme Court. ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2011
If you are contemplating getting divorced in New York, you are probably aware of the new law regarding proving grounds for divorce. The ground of the "irretrievable breakdown of the marriage", for ...
Continue reading "Does Edith Bunker Have A Ground for Divorce? " »
Posted on Feb 6, 2011
If you have been contemplating getting divorced in New York, you are probably aware that a new law took effect on October 15, 2010, which has been deemed "No Fault". Specifically, the new law added an ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2009
Our attorneys are pleased to announce the launch of our family law blog with an RSS feed available at http://www.nyfamilylawyermediator.com/Family-Law-Blog/Entire-Blog-Feed/RSS.xml.
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