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A New York divorce applies the laws of " equitable distribution " as do many other states. However, those words are not necessarily the same as "equal distribution". Equitable Distribution is intended ...

Maintaining credibility during your contested divorce case is so important. When there are no documents on an issue, the judge will likely make a decision based upon who is believable or which ...

Pre-nuptial Agreements (Pre-Nups) are designed to determine what happens in the event of death or divorce after marriage. Often Pre-Nups are prepared where there is a significant difference in assets ...

Maintaining credibility during your contested divorce case is so important. When there are no documents on an issue, the judge will likely make a decision based upon who is believable or which ...

The parenting schedule is signed and is court ordered, but the other parent doesn't show up or refuses to come. Next comes the call to my office what can be done. Over the many years I have had ...

Divorce Judges have many questions to sort out when parties appear before them. Some of the most important questions are who is telling the truth and are the parties behaving well or poorly and if so ...

Maintaining credibility during your contested divorce case is so important. When there are no documents on an issue, the judge will likely make a decision based upon who is believable or which ...

There is a lawyer saying that being your own lawyer means you have a fool for a client. If lawyers who are trained and admitted to the bar should not represent themselves then it would be reasonable ...

More than likely if your contested divorce case proceeds to trial you will testify in support of your case but will also be cross-examined. The topics may include child custody, parenting schedules, ...

A New York divorce applies the laws of " equitable distribution " as do many other states. However, those words are not necessarily the same as "equal distribution". Equitable Distribution is intended ...

Maintaining credibility during your contested divorce case is so important. When there are no documents on an issue, the judge will likely make a decision based upon who is believable or which ...

The parenting schedule is signed and is court ordered, but the other parent doesn't show up or refuses to come. Next comes the call to my office what can be done. Over the many years I have had ...

A New York divorce applies the laws of " equitable distribution " as do many other states. However, those words are not necessarily the same as "equal distribution". Equitable Distribution is intended ...

Maintaining credibility during your contested divorce case is so important. When there are no documents on an issue, the judge will likely make a decision based upon who is believable or which ...

Divorce Judges have many questions to sort out when parties appear before them. Some of the most important questions are who is telling the truth and are the parties behaving well or poorly and if so ...

A New York divorce applies the laws of " equitable distribution " as do many other states. However, those words are not necessarily the same as "equal distribution". Equitable Distribution is intended ...

Maintaining credibility during your contested divorce case is so important. When there are no documents on an issue, the judge will likely make a decision based upon who is believable or which ...

The parenting schedule is signed and is court ordered, but the other parent doesn't show up or refuses to come. Next comes the call to my office what can be done. Over the many years I have had ...

The parenting schedule is signed and is court ordered, but the other parent doesn't show up or refuses to come. Next comes the call to my office what can be done. Over the many years I have had ...

Divorce Judges have many questions to sort out when parties appear before them. Some of the most important questions are who is telling the truth and are the parties behaving well or poorly and if so ...

There is a lawyer saying that being your own lawyer means you have a fool for a client. If lawyers who are trained and admitted to the bar should not represent themselves then it would be reasonable ...

Steven Kuhn, of Kuhn & Sandler, PLLC, has been selected to the 2021 list as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization ...

At Kuhn & Sandler, PLLC, we pride ourselves on being a team that supports one of the most highly recommended Suffolk divorce lawyers, which is why we are very excited to announce that our very own ...

Lets shatter some of the myths about divorce that I hear all the time: 1. My spouse knows someone who knows someone and therefore the judge will not be fair. Judges like being judges, it took them ...

Upstate Family Court Judge, Bryan Hedges, age 65, resigned in April after acknowledging he had sexual contact 40 years ago with his 5-year-old deaf niece. The Judge admitted the incident took place ...

A Suffolk County District Court Judge was recently censured for bad judgment in attending on multiple occasions a for profit poker game held at a fraternal lodge. Apparently, the Judge had played in ...

Maintaining credibility during your contested divorce case is so important. When there are no documents on an issue, the judge will likely make a decision based upon who is believable or which ...

There is a lawyer saying that being your own lawyer means you have a fool for a client. If lawyers who are trained and admitted to the bar should not represent themselves then it would be reasonable ...

There is no question that hiring divorce attorneys can be costly. However, there is also no question that the Settlement Agreement will be more thorough, the various possible problems will be ...

Often parents will have child support set by the state that they are both living in. So for example if both parents live in NY and there is a NY child support order, then the parents follow the NY ...

Last year an ex-husband's application to end spousal support was denied without a hearing after alleging his ex-wife lived with another man for over a year, purchased a home with him, read a ...

With online do it yourself videos, forms and artificial intelligence should I spend the money and hire an experienced family law attorney? The simple answer is "YES". Now before you think well I am an ...

Any person involved in a NY Family Law matter whether spouses going through a divorce or unmarried parents addressing custody and child support matters, asset distribution, separation or former ...

With online do it yourself videos, forms and artificial intelligence should I spend the money and hire an experienced family law attorney? The simple answer is "YES". Now before you think well I am an ...

If you have a lawyer representing you whether in Supreme Court or Family Court, most of the time (unless you are testifying) you should let your lawyer do all of the talking. There are many reasons ...

The parenting schedule is signed and is court ordered, but the other parent doesn't show up or refuses to come. Next comes the call to my office what can be done. Over the many years I have had ...

Divorce Judges have many questions to sort out when parties appear before them. Some of the most important questions are who is telling the truth and are the parties behaving well or poorly and if so ...

There is a lawyer saying that being your own lawyer means you have a fool for a client. If lawyers who are trained and admitted to the bar should not represent themselves then it would be reasonable ...

A New York divorce applies the laws of " equitable distribution " as do many other states. However, those words are not necessarily the same as "equal distribution". Equitable Distribution is intended ...

There is a lawyer saying that being your own lawyer means you have a fool for a client. If lawyers who are trained and admitted to the bar should not represent themselves then it would be reasonable ...

One of the biggest post-divorce financial mistakes clients make is to put off having the necessary QDRO prepared, pre-qualified, signed by the Court and served on the Plan Administrator. In order to ...

Pre-nuptial Agreements (Pre-Nups) are designed to determine what happens in the event of death or divorce after marriage. Often Pre-Nups are prepared where there is a significant difference in assets ...

Spring weddings are coming and likewise in the last two weeks I have received calls about drafting or reviewing prenuptial agreements. Sometimes they are never drafted, sometimes they are never signed ...

Prenuptial Agreements can be valid if they are prepared properly with adequate financial disclosure and opportunity to read, review and seek legal advice. In a recent case both parties had previously ...

There is a lawyer saying that being your own lawyer means you have a fool for a client. If lawyers who are trained and admitted to the bar should not represent themselves then it would be reasonable ...

One of the biggest post-divorce financial mistakes clients make is to put off having the necessary QDRO prepared, pre-qualified, signed by the Court and served on the Plan Administrator. In order to ...

There is no question that hiring divorce attorneys can be costly. However, there is also no question that the Settlement Agreement will be more thorough, the various possible problems will be ...

When something as monumental as the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage occurs, it only makes sense that the public response will be equally epic. June 26, 2015 marked a historic day for the ...

The parenting schedule is signed and is court ordered, but the other parent doesn't show up or refuses to come. Next comes the call to my office what can be done. Over the many years I have had ...

There is a lawyer saying that being your own lawyer means you have a fool for a client. If lawyers who are trained and admitted to the bar should not represent themselves then it would be reasonable ...

The role of the Attorney For The Child ("AFC") is not an easy one in contested divorce and custody cases. The job description is simple to represent the interests of the client, the child. Of course, ...