NY Slip Op 2017 00651 February 1, 2017 This is a guardianship proceeding held pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law Article 81. In this case, Dimitrios Spanos a successor guardian for Yolanda TM sought to settle his account. He is appealing from and Order of the Supreme Court entered on 12/12/13…
NY Slip Op 00205 January 11, 2017 Decision This case is an appeal by the defendant regrading parts of a divorce judgment. In the decision the court ordered an equitable distribution of marital assets and awarded the defendant maintenance. The plaintiff owned three properties before marriage, but changed to marital…
2015 NY Slip Op 04676 The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and remitted to Family Court. Eleven year old Delroy was involved in a juvenile delinquency hearing that involved assault and attempted assault in the first, second, third degree. These charges arose during an incident with a…
New York Slip Op07705 November 17, 2016 Summary Mother filed suit to obtain child support from the father. A support order was made for $236 per week. The order was subsequently modified to $25 per month. These findings were mailed to the mother, but not to her lawyer. Forty one…
2012 New York Slip Op 50257 The question before the court is whether an admission and positive toxicology report for marijuana use is enough to establish neglect according to the Family Court Act 1012 (f)(1)(B) or Section 1046 (a)(iii). It is the contention of the Administrator of Children Services (ACS)…
2016 NY Slip Op. 08222 Decision This appeal was brought by the plaintiff from an order of the Supreme Court of Queens County, October 16, 2014. The order granted portions of the motion which awarded child support and maintenance payments in the amount of $4,887. And $1965. Respectively. The court…
NY Slip Op 08198 December 7,2016 This is an appeal by the defendant for portions of a divorce judgement from the Supreme Court in Nassau County. The judge denied the defendant’s application for a separate property credit, and order the defendant to pay 2/3 of a HELOC, imputed the defendant’s…
2016 Slip Op. 08192 December 7, 2016 This case is an appeal by the plaintiff for an order by the Supreme Court. One order granted the plaintiff’s motion to put the action on calendar for a settlement conference and ask for the dismissal of a complaint against the defendant and…
May 4, 2016 Judge Spina commented that in the Guardianship of V.V. 470 Mass 590 (2015) the court ruled that a parent who has a minor child subject to a guardianship proceeding pursuant to G.L. c. 190B. Sec. 5-206 and can’t afford a lawyer does indeed have a right to…
Jeffery Kaplan, Esq. of Levine & Kaplan for Petitioner Ari Gourvitz, Esq. of Gourvitz and Grourvitz for Respondent The parents jointly sought child custody to the Petitioner mother, and voluntary termination and surrender of the father’s parental rights. At the time of the hearing the child was one year old.…