A New York Family Lawyer said that, in a matrimonial action in which the plaintiff wife had previously been granted a divorce, the defendant husband appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated August 25, 1981, which granted plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of a receiver…
A New York Family Lawyer said the couple purchased their marital residence in 1999 and thereafter rented portions of the home to residential tenants while occupying its main floor. In February 2002 the wife commenced an action for a divorce and ancillary relief. In a pendente lite (pending in court)…
A New York Family Lawyer said this is an appeal from an order of the Family Court of Ulster County, entered May 8, 1986, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law article 3A, for an order directing respondent to pay for child support of his…
A New York Family Lawyer said in a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by judgment, the complainant former husband appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Nassau County Supreme Court as granted the defendant former wife’s motion to hold him…
A New York Family Lawyer said that, in this proceeding filed pursuant to Family Court Act (FCA) Article 3, the New York City Commissioner of Social Services (CSS) seeks to vacate an order of disposition of June 17, 1996 which placed the respondent with CSS following an adjudication of the…
A New York Family Lawyer said that, in this proceeding, the Commissioner of Social Services, as assignee of the non-party mother, seeks child support from appellant father for the couple’s two children, claiming that the mother’s active welfare case constitutes a “change in circumstances” mandating revision of the parties’ previously…
A New York Family Lawyer said the complainant woman seeks support for her niece against her niece’s father. The support petition was originally dismissed by a hearing examiner. But, by order of a judge, the order of dismissal was vacated. Consequently, the matter remanded back to the hearing examiner to…
In May 2007, petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that when he was unable — due to financial circumstances — to pick up his daughter at Respondent’s home after a visit with her pursuant to the 2005 Order, Respondent refused to return the Subject Child…
In this motion for leave to reargue respondent’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, and for leave to reargue the decision and order of this Court dated August 8, 1977. A New York Family Lawyer said that, respondent contends that this Court lacks jurisdiction in this proceeding brought by…
In 1962, the accused left his wife and four minor children in California. His wife then entered into ‘a common law situation’ with a partner and adopted the name of her partner. A New York Family Lawyer said thereafter, she applied in California for public assistance for the children claiming…