Recent Posts in Litigated Divorce Category
Posted on Jul 8, 2014 By Peretz, PC
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 ...
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Posted on May 20, 2014 By Peretz, PC
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 ...
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Posted on May 15, 2014 By Peretz, PC
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, ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2013 By Peretz, PC
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 ...
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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 ...
Continue reading "Nassau County Judge Says There Is No Defense to "No Fault" Divorce" »
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 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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Posted on Nov 30, 2009 By Peretz, PC
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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