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Economic Abuse: A Form of Abuse That Needs More Scrutiny

By Nancy S. Erickson
September 29, 2008

In last month's issue, we introduced the case of'Wissink v. Wissink, 301 AD2d 36 (2d Dept. 2002) in which the Appellate Division, Second Department, quoted New York Domestic Relations Law (DRL) Section 240 (1)(a), in telling the trial courts it expected them to pay careful attention to the legislature's mandate that in custody and visitation cases 'the court must consider the effect of ' domestic violence upon the best interest of the child.' It went on to tell the trial court that it should have considered evidence of certain economically abusive behavior that was relevant in the Wissink custody case.

What Is 'Domestic Violence'?

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