Blog Posts in 2011
Posted on Jun 18, 2011 By Adam J. Peretz, Esq.
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 ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2011 By Adam J. Peretz, Esq.
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 ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2011 By Adam Peretz, Esq.
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 ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2011 By Adam J. Peretz
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 By Adam Peretz, Esq.
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 ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2011 By Adam Peretz, Esq.
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 ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2011 By Adam Peretz, Esq.
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 By Adam Peretz
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 ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2011 By Adam Peretz
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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