Both President Obama and Governor Paterson have officially proclaimed October to be Domestic Violence Month.
Four years after the Legislature in 1996 mandated consideration of domestic violence in custody and visitation cases, Kim Susser in her 2000 Fordam Urban Law Journal article noted that it was “evident that the amendment failed to change the behavior
The Washington Post reported October 17, 2010 on the recent availability of Divorce Insurance. It is presented, somewhat, as an alternative or reaction to prenuptial agreements.
WedLock Divorce Insurance is an annually renewable policy of casualty insurance that pays out a lump sum of cash if a marriage ends in divorce. It is sold in
When Sally Field won her second Oscar in 1984, her acceptance speech included the line often now misquoted as “you like me, you really like me.” Nancy Alper might respond to the Second Department, “you hate me, you really hate me.”
In its October 12, 2010 decision in Alper v. Alper, that court affirmed
Effective October 14, 2010, amendments to D.R.L. §236B(9) and F.C.A. §451 go into effect (Laws 2010, chap. 182; Bill #A8952). They require that language be included in divorce settlement agreements to specifically opt out of a newly-created entitlement to a judicial modification of a child support order. Without such language, even a child