LJN Newsletters

  • Fighting over Fido: Pets in Divorce

    Your spouse, your children and your beloved pets have lived together as a family for the last 10 years, but one of you has now filed for divorce. Who gets the kids? Who gets the wedding china? Who gets Fido? Obviously, every court in the country treats the custody of children differently than personal property. So where do pets fit in? Should companion animals be treated akin to children and custody/visitation determined by looking at the pets' best interest, or are companion animals no more than personal property to be distributed like pots and pans on divorce?

    May 01, 2003Albert Momjian and Meredith Brennan

  • 'Double Dipping' Rejected in Calculating Child Support

    Finding a lack of authority on the issue of "double dipping" in child support awards, Justice Robert A. Ross of the Nassau County Supreme Court found in a case decided earlier this year that the public policy against "miscalculations" in distributive awards demanded that the amount the husband paid the wife for his enhanced earnings capacity could not be computed as part of his income in determining his child support payments.

    May 01, 2003Leigh Jones

  • Decisions of Interest

    Recent rulings of importance to your practice.

    May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Index

    A complete listing of key cases appearing in this issue.

    May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Real Property Law

    Recent rulings of importance to your practice.

    May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • The Hottest Dish in Real Estate

    Television has changed the American city from top to bottom. In the days of Lucy and Ricky, antennas covered apartment rooftops. Then came the cable lines buried under the streets or snaking along utility poles. Now, a device once identified with the countryside is showing up in urban landscapes: the satellite dish."

    May 01, 2003Darryl Vernon

  • Development

    The latest rulings of importance to you and your practice.

    May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Landlord & Tenant

    The most recent rulings of importance to your practice.

    May 01, 2003ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • IP News

    Highlights of the latest intellectual property cases and news from around the country.

    May 01, 2003Compiled by Kathlyn Card-Beckles