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Litigation
Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.
Not Much Ado About Having Nothing
During the existing economic downturn, there has been much litigation seeking downward modification of support orders in New York. This two-part article discusses the trend in New York and other states to deny downward modifications.
Protecting Your Client's Maintenance Rights
In high net worth divorce cases, the amount of maintenance to be paid to the non-wage earner spouse is often a critical issue for determination. In those situations, a family law practitioner should seriously consider using a lifestyle expert to assist the court in establishing lifestyle and reasonable living expenses.
Movers & Shakers
Who's doing what; who's going where.
How Property Is Divided in an Illinois Divorce Case
If you follow the tabloids and Hollywood divorces, you might mistakenly believe that property is automatically divided 50/50 in a divorce. While that it is true in community property states like California, it is not true in Illinois.
Tax Discounts on Valuations of Pass-through Entities
In the area of business valuation, the experienced practitioner should know as much, if not more, of the lingo than the competition. The seasoned attorney will know enough to size up his/her expert so the court does not dismiss a valuation as inherently unfair.
Recession Keeps Family Lawyers Busy
Lawyers who specialize in divorce and custody disputes say they have witnessed a flood of activity in family courts in recent months due to the state of the economy.
Discovering the Illegible
At one time or another, most attorneys handling litigated custody disputes have obtained evaluators' notes, only to find them to be undecipherable. It is the author's position that when this occurs, evaluators bear the responsibility for having their notes transcribed at their own expense.
DEBT Is a Four-Letter Word
Matrimonial attorneys must be able to distinguish elements of leverage risk that are accentuated in today's economy in order to present overvaluing business equity. Here's how.
Divorce Windfall Not Unconscionable
'Courts will not set aside an agreement on the ground of unconscionability simply because it might have been improvident,'" a panel recently held in <i>Etzion v. Etzion</i>, 2008-00759.

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