This is a proceeding wherein the defendant is charged with one (1) count of violating Vehicle and Traffic Law §1192(4), Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs as an Unclassified Misdemeanor. A New York Family Lawyer said the court presided over a Jury Trial from 31 March 2008 through 3 April…
A New York Family Lawyer said that, petitioner brings this Article 78 proceeding against respondents in his capacity as Commissioner of the New York City Housing Authority, and the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA”), seeking a court order reversing and annulling NYCHA’s termination of her mother’s Section 8 voucher…
The facts of this case constitute good cause or special circumstances justifying the 12-day extension of the time constraints of Family Court Act § 350.1(1). A New York Family Lawyer said that, on January 10, 1992, the 13-year-old appellant was arrested. He was charged with acts which, if committed by…
A New York Family Lawyer was born out of wedlock on 29 August 1977. Soon after her birth, she was placed voluntarily by her mother with the Department of Social Services for the City of New York. The department, in turn, authorized its agent, the Orphan Asylum Society of the…
A New York Family Lawyer the petitioner Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant mother knew, or should have known, that her child A was not being properly supervised when she took a nap. The Family Court then dismissed the…
A New York Family Lawyer said that, this is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, rendered September 29, 2009, convicting him of sexual abuse in the second degree (seven counts) and endangering the welfare of a child (two counts), after a nonjury…
A New York Family Lawyer said the plaintiff commenced this action to foreclose a mortgage given by defendant Realty Corporation, to secure a promissory note of the same date in the amount of $1,450,000.00 executed by defendant borrower in favor of a Savings Bank. The note was further secured by…
A New York Family Lawyer said the issue presented is whether the Family Court has jurisdiction to commit a juvenile to the Department of Mental Hygiene if it is alleged that the juvenile is a delinquent in a situation where, prior to being adjudicated pursuant to the Family Court Act,…
A New York Family Lawyer said that, plaintiff seeks an order 1) granting Plaintiff leave of Court to voluntarily discontinue the Instant Action without prejudice; or, alternatively, 2) consolidating this action with the Kings County Action; 3) determining the appropriate venue in which these two actions should be litigated; and…
This is an action for divorce and ancillary relief. A New York Family Lawyer said that on 29 December 1984, plaintiff wife and defendant husband got married. Sometime in 1989, the defendant went into business with a partner to buy a funeral home in Suffolk County. Plaintiff, on the other…