At least five family law attorneys have been killed or violently attacked by clients' ex-spouses since February 2010, and the recent deaths have highlighted the safety risks they face.
October 25, 2011Karen Sloan
We continue herein our discussion of New York's public policy and its effects on the validity of separation agreements.
October 25, 2011Bari Brandes Corbin and Evan B. BrandesSince adult children are not statutorily entitled to support from their parents, the primary legal question to be answered when a parent residing in New York learns of the existence of a previously unknown child is, "What rights, if any, do such offspring have in their parent's estate?"
October 25, 2011Janice G. InmanThe parties involved in a same-sex marriage dispute involving a deceased Cozen O'Connor partner and her profit-sharing plan continue to trade court filings and have now officially raised questions regarding the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and Pennsylvania's "mini DOMA."
October 25, 2011Gina PassarellaIn matrimonial cases, the perception of gender bias runs high, particularly among litigants. In nearly all custody cases, for example, a father is pitted against a mother and one of them prevails.
October 25, 2011Robert Z. DobrishIt is widely known among matrimonial practitioners that almost all cases settle ' well above 95%, in fact. It is also widely known that if, when, and how settlement is reached depends on countless factors.
October 25, 2011Laurence J. Cutler and Robert A. EpsteinThe wonderful tax acronym IDIGT (pronounced: "I dig it") stands for an Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Grantor Trust. Rather than extol the benefits of this technique, here are some issues to consider when Junior gets divorced and Junior's Ex wants to Dig It too.
October 25, 2011Martin M. Shenkman