http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog Divorce Lawyers & Attorneys New York City NY Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:14:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When a marriage is collapsing, people are often gripped by a paralyzing fear. An uncertain future looms. You imagine the worst: You won't have enough to live on. You are overwhelmed by financial responsibility. You won't be able to live within your means. You'll make a dire investing mistake. If any of those fears ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=198 Satisfy Your Credit Counseling Requirement Before Filing Bankruptcy 1 Before Filing http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=197 2-Hour Personal Financial Management Instructional Course 1 After Filing http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=196 The hour is late and you have just completed a difficult hearing. Everything seemed to go well. Proper notice of the proceeding was given to parties and your pleadings were appropriate. You were successful and now it is time to prepare the Order for the Judge's signature. You did not ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=195 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DUPAGE COUNTY, NEW YOK IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: JOE JONES Petitioner, AND JENNY JONES ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=194 Where petitioner had sufficient resources for which to pay her attorney and there was no indication that such payment would strip the petitioner of her means of support or undermine her financial stability, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by requiring each party to pay its own attorney’s ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=193 Trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining that reasonable fees for representation in post-dissolution proceedings were $445 where petitioner admitted that the nature of the controversy was relatively simple, that the case presented no novel or difficult question, and that there was no important family law issue involved. Considering ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=192 It was not an abuse of discretion to not require the husband to contribute to the wife’s attorney fees as the wife failed to show an inability to pay her own attorney fees. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in declining to award the wife payment for her attorney fees, ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=191 Just who is the better custodial parent? Most parents would think that he or she is clearly the better custodial parent. But who does the court consider to be the best? Well, that all depends upon the interest of the child and not the interest of the ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=190 Although a complete termination of alimony to the plaintiff was an abuse of the trial court’s discretion, the continued payment of $16,000 a year to a woman of the plaintiff’s means, after her brief marriage to the defendant, was not justified. Borowitz v. Borowitz The trial court did not err ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=189 ELIZABETH, N.J. - With no sign of a settlement in the highly public divorce of New Jersey's gay ex-governor, onlookers can expect more dirt to be kicked up in the week ahead. Jim and Dina Matos McGreevey are each expected to take a turn on the witness stand this week as ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=188 It was unnecessary for the court to make any findings as to matters on the economic circumstances of the parties since the date the judgment of dissolution was entered where the record reflected that following the remand order no extraordinary circumstances had arisen. http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=144 Despite overwhelming odds, Allison Quets is not done fighting for the twins she gave up and then abducted. Legal experts say the two main issues that would have allowed her to see the twins, Holly and Tyler, have been decided. But Quets clings to the hope that someday a ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=187 A bill proposing that regional magistrate's courts be allowed to grant divorces would create formidable challenges, given problems with fraudulent decrees, MPs heard on Monday. This was the view of the Judicial Officers Association of SA (JOASA) in its submission to the national assembly's justice committee. It said ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-newyork.com/blog/?p=186