Recent Posts in Family Law Category
Posted on May 23, 2013 By Jordan Trager
By Jordan Trager Recently, Japanese lawmakers approved the Hague Convention to settle child custody disputes in failed international marriages. Unfortunately, Japanese family law and legal loopholes ...
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Posted on May 21, 2013 By Jacqueline Harounian
Would a disagreement between parents/guardians on a medical decision be mediated or litigated? First, it would depend on whether the parties have joint custody or sole custody. In a sole legal custody ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2013 By Jacqueline Harounian
It is certainly a sign of our times that people are so willing to share information so freely in their texts and emails and on social media outlets, such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Naturally, ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2013 By Jordan Trager
Recently, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that US courts have jurisdiction to grant relief under the Hague Convention even when a child is returned to another country. The lower court allowed a ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2013 By Lauren Chartan
In Jane Brody's recent New York Times article (January 14, 2013), That Loving Feeling Takes A Lot of Work, she explores the concept that many marriages fail (or in her words, "wither and ...
Continue reading "That Loving Feeling, and Not So Loving Feeling, Needs Work" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2013 By
There will be times when a familial issue may require the assistance of a Family or Supreme Court hearing and often times, it's not clear as to what the disparities between the two may be. ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2012 By Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C.
Attorneys who are dedicated to honest and quality representation often find that they are honored by lawyer rating organizations and praised by professionals around them as a result. Attorney Jerome ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2012 By Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C.
Avvo is a directory website that lists the majority of attorneys in America and gives them a score based on data inputted into a mathematical equation. Recently, accomplished Attorney Jacqueline ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2012 By Jacqueline Harounian
The Petraeus Affair has all of the twists and turns of a good spy movie. For a divorce attorney like me, the "sex, lies and email" aspect is a very familiar theme in my law practice. But one ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2012 By Wisselman, Harounian & Associates
A few days ago, a woman asked an interesting question pertaining to child custody and legal separation. She and her husband are legally separated, but he wants to keep their children for two months ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2012 By Eyal Talassazan
There may come a time during your divorce action that you are compelled to seek immediate relief from the Court. As an example, you sold the marital home and are concerned that your spouse will ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Sharyn O'Mara
National Child-Centered Divorce Month used to be in July. It has been expanded to International Child-Centered Divorce Month and the month was changed to January. January is the month that has the ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2011 By Randall Malone
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Usually when a mother wants a court to determine paternity so she can collect child support, the court will order a DNA test. However, even if the DNA testing says NO, the courts can say YES! In some ...
Continue reading "How Is It Possible That a Man Is Responsible as a Child's Father Even When Their DNA Is Not a Match?" »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 By Lauren Chartan
On June 24, 2011 New York became another one of only a handful of States, within our nation, to recognize the fundamental human right of same-sex couples to marry. For thousands of individuals ...
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Posted on Jul 14, 2011 By Jordan Trager
Recently, the New York State legislature passed the Marriage Equality Act. In passing this Act, the New York State legislature recognized that "Marriage is a fundamental human right" and ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Lloyd Rosen
Signed into law by Governor Cuomo on June 24, 2011, and going into effect thirty days hence, the Marriage Equality Act grants same-sex couples the legal right to marry in New York State, and affords ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2011 By Sharyn O'Mara
On a beautiful Friday in mid June, we conducted our tenth annual legal workshop for a record high attendance of over 200 mental health professionals. It was wonderful to see many familiar faces we ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2010 By Jerome Wisselman
We are very pleased to announce that Jacqueline Harounian has been named by New York Super Lawyers magazine as one of the outstanding attorneys in the New York Metro area for 2010. Only five percent ...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2010 By Jerome A. Wisselman
Yet again, another International child abduction case rears its ugly head, with both father and children as the victims. The father, Colin Bower, received custody of his two children, ages 8 and 6 ...
Continue reading "NETWORKING ON A GRANDER SCALE CAN HELP PREVENT CHILD ABDUCTION" »