Vikram J. v. Anupama S., 123 A.D.3d 625 (App Div 1st Dept. 2014)

Nov 26, 2014

OUTCOME: Appellant-Respondent prevailed. Hague Civil service convention trumped New York CPLR.

Issue involved Hague Civil Service Convention in conflict under New York Personal Service.

Ponorovskaya v. Stecklow, 45 Misc. 3d 597 (N.Y. Cty. Sup. Ct., Cooper, J. 2014)

Jun 06, 2014

OUTCOME: It was not considered to be a valid marriage. No marriage was deemed to have taken place.

Issue involved whether or not a quasi Jewish wedding ceremony in Mexico was a valid marriage under New York law.

In re Penny B. v. Gary S., 61 A.D.3d 589 (App Div 1st Dept. 2009)

Nov 20, 2009

OUTCOME: Legal and physical custody to the Father

Mother was relentless in accusing the Father of "inappropriate sexual contact with the child". Numerous experts made no findings of same.

In the Matter of Lisa W. v. Seine W., 2005 NY Slip Op 51782U (Kings Cty. Fam. Ct., Olshansky, J. 2005)

Apr 15, 2005

OUTCOME: Hearsay testimony in a forensic report can not come into evidence without testimony of the witnesses.

Issue of whether hearsay testimony in a forensic report could be considered as "ordinary course of business, usual in the profession" to be admitted into evidence as part of forensic examination.

Chu v. Lin, N.Y.L.J, May 29, 2020 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty 2020)

N/A

OUTCOME:

Matter of David S. v. Samantha G., 59 Misc.3d 960, 74 N.Y.S.3d 730 (Fam. Ct., New York County 2018).

N/A

OUTCOME: Client (the father's husband) has standing to seek custody and visitation.

In the instant case, three parties — the biological mother, the biological father and the father's husband — agreed to conceive and raise a child together in a tri-parent arrangement. The question befo ... re the court is whether the father's husband has standing to seek custody and visitation with the subject child under Domestic Relations Law § 70 (a) pursuant to Matter of Brooke S.B. v Elizabeth A.C.C. (28 N.Y.3d 1 [2016]), even though the child already has two legal parents. The court holds that under the circumstances of this case, the father's husband has standing to seek custody and visitation.