Staten Island, NY
Family Lawyer at Staten Island, NY
Practice Areas: Family
OUTCOME: see case details above.
Both at trial and on appeal, i successfully argued that, where the parties had not resided together for a lengthy period of time, the economic partnership of marriage was over so that distribution of m ... arital assets and debts should not be divided equally
OUTCOME: VA Disability benefits are not distributable in divorce
A major issue was whether Veteran's Disability benefits were distributable as equitable distribution in a divorce. I represented the disabled veteran.
OUTCOME: Wife received $900 monthly child support and the former marital residence
A complex divorce action involving spousal maintenance, child support and equitable distribution, including a family owned business that had failed. I represented the husband. The wife was seeking thou ... sands in monthly maintenance and child support and millions in equitable distribution. She failed to mention that she was working at the business, maintaining the books and records and knew that the business was failing.
OUTCOME: Mother granted permission to relocate.
This complex case involved issues of custody including the proposed relocation of the child by my client, the mother. The proceeding was litigated in the Kings County (Brooklyn) Family Court, requiring ... the testimony of the parties and a forensic evaluator (psychologist. Custody and visitation matters are based on the best interests of the child. Not the interests of the parents.
OUTCOME: Settlement after adverse rulings against the husband.
This was a divorce case that, among other things, involved protracted litigation on the issues of custody. In particular, in order to obtain custody the husband had placed surveillance cameras througho ... ut the marital residence, had monitored the wife's computer and had apparently obtained confidential reports from his attorney in contravention of court rules. The court agreed that the wife, my client, could disable the cameras, and ordered the cloning of the husband's business computers. The case then settled.
OUTCOME: The father obtained custody
This involved a Family Court custody proceeding in which my client, the father, sought custody of his children. The law is gender neutral on the issue of custody. The best interests of the children mus ... t prevail.
OUTCOME: "Husband" who became a wife obtained divorce
Although an uncontested divorce, the unique circumstances render the case interesting and also require fictitious names. A man and wife married. The wife later realized that she was a lesbian. The husb ... and, still in love with the wife, had gender reorientation surgery. Still the marriage failed. In order to obtain the divorce it was necessary to prove that, at the time of the marriage, the "husband" was still male since same gender marriage was then not permitted.
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