Attorney Sandra M. Colatosti's Legal Cases

Appeals

Thomas GG. V Bonnie Jean HH.

Oct 22, 2020

OUTCOME: Reversed and remitted for a hearing

Client (the mother) appealed from an Albany County Family Court order, granting the father’s motion for summary judgment, terminating his child support obligation on the ground of his abandonment by th ... e child. The Third Department held that, given his long absence from his son’s life and the child’s development disabilities, the father did not establish that the child’s refusal to have contact with him was unjustifiable.

Appeals

Thomas GG. V Bonnie Jean HH.

Oct 22, 2020

OUTCOME: Reversed and remitted for a hearing

Client (the mother) appealed from an Albany County Family Court order, granting the father’s motion for summary judgment, terminating his child support obligation on the ground of his abandonment by th ... e child. The Third Department held that, given his long absence from his son’s life and the child’s development disabilities, the father did not establish that the child’s refusal to have contact with him was unjustifiable.

Appeals

Matter of Elijah X.

Oct 17, 2019

OUTCOME: Order finding client in willful violation of probation reversed and violation petition dismissed

Court failed to question client’s mother pursuant to statute at arraignment of juvenile on violation of probation

Appeals

Matter of Schenectady County Dept of Social Services v. Joshua BB

Jan 17, 2019

OUTCOME: Order directing genetic marker test to determine client’s paternity of child reversed

Family Court erred in ordering genetic marker test without first conducting a hearing because it did not possess adequate information to determine child’s best interests

Appeals

People v Varcarcel

Apr 05, 2018

OUTCOME: Convictions for three counts of murder in the second degree reversed

Client convicted of two counts of murder in the first degree and three counts of murder in the second degree

Appeals

People v. Manigault

May 04, 2017

OUTCOME: Client’s conviction for one count of strangulation in the second degree reversed

Client convicted of three counts of strangulation in the second degree in addition to other crimes

Appeals

Matter of Abram v Abram

Dec 29, 2016

OUTCOME: Dismissal of client’s modification petitions reversed

Client petitioned to modify order to allow unsupervised visits with child and to find mother in willful violation of visitation order

Appeals

Deyo v Bagnato

Jan 01, 2013

OUTCOME: Appellate court awarded mother sole legal custody.

Family a Court granted parents joint modified custody with mother having final say regarding educational issues and father having final say regarding medical issues. I represented mother in appeal.

Appeals

Matter of Sniffen v Weygant

Feb 10, 2011

OUTCOME: Order dismissing client’s relocation petition reversed

Family Court dismissed client’s petition to relocate with children

Sandra M. Colatosti's Legal Cases (9)

Thomas GG. V Bonnie Jean HH.

Thomas GG. V Bonnie Jean HH.

Matter of Elijah X.

Matter of Schenectady County Dept of Social Services v. Joshua BB

People v Varcarcel

People v. Manigault

Matter of Abram v Abram

Deyo v Bagnato

Matter of Sniffen v Weygant