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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

An important planning board case.

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Real Property Law

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A look at several key cases.

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Decision of note.

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Cooperatives & Condominiums

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In-depth analysis of a recent key ruling.

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Stuy Town: Redux in the Desert

Dean C. Waldt

The decision of the <i>New York Supreme Court in Bank of America, N.A. v. PSW NYC LLC</i> garnered national attention in 2010. The court ruled that, under the terms of an Intercreditor Agreement in common use in complex real estate loans across the United States, a mezzanine lender could not exercise its rights against its collateral without first paying off senior debt. Now the issue is causing a stir in the Arizona desert.

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Decisions of Interest

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Analysis of a recent important ruling.

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NJ & CT News

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Key happenings in neighboring states.

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Split and Shared Custody Arrangements

Jerome A. Wisselman & Lloyd C. Rosen

There are instances in which parents agree to substantially share the children's time between both their households, resulting in the children spending up to 50% of the time with the "noncustodial" parent. The Child Support Standards Act (CSSA) does not address this kind of sharing arrangement, which can lead to inequities.

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Divorce Granted After Trial Proves Irretrievable Breakdown

Janice G. Inman

In what was apparently the first trial of a contested no-fault divorce under New York's recently enacted Domestic Relations Law, Suffolk County Acting Supreme Court Judge James F. Quinn declared a 56-year marriage irretrievably broken and granted the plaintiff wife's request for divorce.

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You Can't Go Back! Or Can You?

Elana L. Yeger & Michael B. Solomon

In 2009 the Court of Appeals articulated a new rule for Family Law practitioners, referred to by some as the "don't look back" rule. The court in <i>Buntzman</i> simply did not want courts reviewing economic decisions made during the course of a marriage, or attempting to adjust for the fact that certain payments made from separate property may have benefited both spouses ' or even the non-titled spouse alone.

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