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New York is the 7th state to legalize same-sex marriage. It officially became legal on June 24, 2011 under the Marriage Equality Act. Along with same-sex marriage came same-sex divorce. Long Island’s best divorce lawyers, Simonetti & Associates, processes same-sex divorces like any other tradi...

Divorce is a terrible situation that affects more than just the two people involved. It is stressful, painful, and extremely intimidating. To add on top of that the hassle of finding a divorce lawyer, it can be even more of a pain. You want to find the best of the best that can help make […]...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said the issue in this case was whether a diamond ring was “given in contemplation of marriage, or was [it] given as a complete gift?” The Plaintiff contends he paid for the diamond ring with his own money and gave it to the Defendant as an engagement ring. Th...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was the appeal of an order of the Family Court which awarded physical custody of the parties’ child to the Petitioner (hereafter the Father). The parties were the unmarried parents of a son. The parties separated and the Father commenced a custody proc...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was the appeal of an order of the Family Court. The Family Court had determined the Father willfully violated a prior order of child support and as such, the Father was directed to pay a money judgment in favor of the Mother. A Nassau County Divorce Atto...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was an appeal of an order of the Family Court granting Respondent’s application to dismiss the paternity proceeding. The subject child was born to the Respondent Mother (hereafter the mother) while she was married to the Petitioner. Respondent 2 (herea...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was the appeal of an order of the Family Court following a child support proceeding. The Family Court granted Respondent Mother’s (hereafter the Mother) petition for modification of the child support agreement. The underlying facts are as follows. The ...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this was an appeal of the Supreme Court concerning maintenance and child support payments. The Appellate Division affirmed the lower court’s award of maintenance, however modified the order as to the Defendant’s child support obligations. The Supreme Cour...

Long Island’s Best Divorce Lawyer said this appeal involved the modification of an order of the Supreme Court appointing an individual retroactively as the Attorney for the Children.  This individual (hereafter AFC) was previously appointed by the Supreme Court as a “state pay” Attorney for t...

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