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Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was the appeal of an order of the Family Court which awarded custody to the Petitioner (hereafter the father) with “reasonable visitation” to the Respondent (hereafter the mother) as arranged by the parties.  As construed, the order awarded primary ...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this appeal concerns the equitable distribution of several corporate assets acquired by Plaintiff Husband (hereafter Plaintiff) prior to and during his marriage to Defendant Wife (hereafter Defendant).  The Supreme Court’s order outlining the equitable dis...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this appeal was the result of an order partially granting Petitioner Father’s application to modify a prior order of custody and visitation.  While the Father was incarcerated custody of the three children was awarded to the maternal grandparents. &nbs...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was the appeal of the Family Court’s dismissal of the Appellant Mother’s custody modification petition and violation petitions.  Two of the parties’ daughters had reached the age of 18 and therefore the matter as to them was moot.  The custody ar...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this matrimonial proceeding was the result of Defendant Husband interposing a Prenuptial Agreement executed in Spain as an affirmative defense to Plaintiff Wife’s request for equitable distribution.  The Prenuptial Agreement was signed in Madrid, Spain one...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was an appeal of an order granting Petitioner Mother’s (hereafter Mother) application to modify a prior order of custody.  In this prior order, sole custody of the children was granted to the Respondent Father (hereafter Father) with visitation to...

An appeal from an order awarding sole custody of the parties’ two children to Petitioner Father, with liberal visitation to the Mother.  The Mother asserted that the Family Court erred in its determination because it failed to appoint separate counsel for the children when the parties’ son expr...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this appeal is from an order which denied the Plaintiff’s motion seeking a determination that he is entitled to $143,000.00 from the sale of the marital residence located in Indiana.  The Plaintiff claims he was entitled to the sum because it was a contrib...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was the appeal of an order of the Family Court should award sole custody to a nonparent.  Appellant Mother brought the appeal on the grounds the Family Court erred in making its decision by failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing to determine whether ...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this appeal was from an order of the Supreme Court which granted Defendant Wife’s motion for an order directing Plaintiff Husband to pay child support arrears and counsel fees. An oral stipulation of settlement was entered into by the parties in December 19...