A signature by a notary is not a proper acknowledgment. As a result “Promissory Note” deemed a postnuptial agreement was unenforceable. So held the Appellate Division, Second Department, in its March 2, 2016 decision in Ballesteros v. Ballesteros.
In this case, the parties were married on July 27, 2008. Prior to their marriage, on
Among other errors the Appellate Division, Second Department, addressed in its May 6, 2015 decision in Sawin v. Sawin, was the award to the wife of an $8,000 credit for her post-divorce action assumption of a $16,000 credit card debt. At trial, the wife testified that she incurred this debt over a two-year period
A parent who pays all or some portion of a child’s college room and board expenses is often entitled to a credit against that parent’s base child support obligation. The Appellate Division, Second Department, in its May 6, 2015 decision in Sawin v. Sawin, appears to hold that such credits may only be taken
It’s worthy of note when enough information is provided in an appellate decision to see “how” maintenance and child support were computed. The May 6, 2015 decision of the Appellate Division, Second Department, in Sawin v. Sawin, provides such an opportunity.
In Sawin, the parties were married in 1988 and had three children.