New York, NY
Family Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation, Civil Rights
OUTCOME: Favorable
Mother filed for custody. Judge ordered mother investigated for child neglect when he learned that the child's other parent was also a woman. The Appellate Court stopped the investigation and ruled t ... hat the family court improvidently used its discretion to order the investigation.
OUTCOME: Plaintiffs prevailed
Landmark class action lawsuit in which a federal court ruled that it is unconstitutional to remove a child from a parent's custody, solely or primarily because the parent is a victim of domestic violen ... ce. The Court also ruled that the rate of pay to court assigned attorneys of $25/$40 was so low as to deprive parents of their constitutional right to representation in these types of child welfare matters.
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