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Petitioners Seek to Renew a Motion to Dismiss

  Upon the foregoing papers, petitioners individually, as preliminary executor of the estate of the decedent and as the vested beneficial owner of shares of the respondent 4C Foods Corp. held by certain trusts, moves for an order: (1) pursuant to CPLR 2221 granting leave to renew respondent’s motion to…

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Petitioner Seeks to Modify Visitation

  The petitioner/mother, and the respondent/father, were divorced by judgment of divorce, dated February 14, 2000 and entered by the Nassau County Clerk on February 15, 2000. The judgment of divorce granted the parties joint legal custody of their children. Physical custody was awarded to the petitioner, subject to the…

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Plaintiff Seeks Reimbursement for Cost of Tuition for Foster Child

  Plaintiff seeks reimbursement for the cost of tuition for a foster child, pursuant to Education Law section 3202(5)(a) which provides for the distribution of the cost of educating indigent children among the school districts of this state. This child’s mother, was confined to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility at…

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Court Decides Custody in Light of Sexual Abuse Allegations

  Following an 11-day hearing, Family Court, by order entered September 15, 2005, awarded respondent wife sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ minor child, D (born in 2000), and established a visitation schedule for petitioner. Family Court did so with great hesitation, noting respondent’s marked weaknesses as a…

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Petitioner Challenges Three Rulings from Dept. of Social Services

  In this Article 78 family proceeding, Petitioners challenge three determinations of the Nassau County Department of Social Services. On the first issue, the emergency assistance was denied to replace clothing of the petitioners’ four children, which was destroyed by parasitic pinworms. As pertinent to this proceeding, Social Services Law…

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Father Moves for Custody in Light of Mentally Ill Mother

A New York Family Lawyer said this is an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court entered 28 April 2009 in Ulster County, which, among other things, awarded plaintiff custody of the parties’ child. The father, plaintiff and the mother, defendant were married in 2004 and are the parents…

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Husband Claims Aandonment and Adultery in Divorce Proceeding

A New York Family Lawyer said the parties were spouses who have two children of the marriage. From the date of the parties’ marriage until August 2002, the parties and their two children resided in Eastchester, in Westchester County with the wife’s mother in a residence owned by the wife’s…

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Grandmother Seeks Visitation Rights

A New York Family Lawyer said a grandmother seeks to obtain visitation privileges with her grandson. The child was born and resided with the complainant, his maternal grandmother, for five years. The child’s father is in prison, and his mother, who was addicted to drugs, already died. Previously, a dispute…

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