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It should not be surprising that in a weak real estate market, developers would seek new sources of revenue. One recent source has generated controversy across the country ' requiring buyers to agree, for themselves and their assigns, to pay a fee upon each resale of the property. These transfer fee covenants raise a number of practical problems, not the least of which is the underlying legal question: Are they enforceable?
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Court Denies Joinder of Action That Would Delay Child Support Supreme Court, Nassau County, denied a father's attempt to join his child support obligation termination request to the mother's motion to have him held in contempt for failure to pay, as joinder would delay the proceedings, to the detriment of the children. BJG v. MDG, --- N.Y.S.2d ----, 2010 WL 3384903 (Sup. Ct., Nassau Cty., 8/31/10) (Falanga, J.). …
While there are a number of complexities to operating in the health care leasing arena, there also are more than ample opportunities. Those leasing companies that are proactive in mitigating certain industry risks have an opportunity to be very successful in this space.
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In last month's newsletter, we looked at two recent cases in which New York courts determined that non-biological/non-adoptive parents could or could not seek ongoing relationships with their former romantic partners' children. The question that arises when looking at these two outcomes is, in which situations will a "virtual parent" be treated as a legal parent?
On Aug. 10, the American Bar Association's governing body voted to adopt a policy calling for the elimination of all state, territorial and tribal laws restricting civil marriage for same-sex partners. The recommendation that the ABA throw its weight behind the initiative was proposed by a number of entities, including both the New York State and New York City Bar Associations. This is just one of the many new developments in the evolution of the gay marriage debate.
The four Judicial Departments have now adopted three disparate rules of law with regard to the proper procedural course required to obtain review of a child support provision contained in a stipulation of settlement or agreement, incorporated by reference into a judgment or order, which is violative of DRL ' 240(1-b)(h) or FCA ' 413(1)(g).