Last month, recognizing Domestic Violence Month, we reviewed the Second Department decision in Costigan v. Renner which affirmed the granting of custody to a father because of domestic violence by the mother. Indeed, since 1996, consideration of domestic violence has been mandated in custody and visitation cases. Section 240(1) of the Domestic Relations Law provides
November 2010
Confronting Sacred Beliefs in Divorce Settlement Negotiations
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In A Taboo Exchange, an article in the July/August 2010 issue of Scientific American Mind magazine, Adam Waytz reported that a few recent studies have examined how people react when their most passionately held values are challenged. He defined a “sacred value” as more than just a strongly-held belief, but rather a moral stance…