Employee Stock and Restricted Stock Options -How to Uncover the Hidden Assets
During the Pandemic, more companies are offering employees stock options and other stock awards instead of regular compensation. Such assets are not easy to uncover during a divorce process. There are...
View ArticleNew York Court Discusses Grounds for Vacating an Order Granting an...
While many people think of obtaining a divorce as a long and contentious process, in some instances, parties can dissolve their marriages in a relatively seamless manner via an uncontested divorce....
View ArticleEquitable Distribution in Divorce Cases
In many marriages, one spouse acquires or saves substantially greater assets than the other. When such marriages end in divorce, the court may grant a lesser share of marital assets to the less...
View ArticleCourt Discusses Setting Aside a Marital Settlement Agreement in New York
Simply because a couple decides to end a marriage does not mean that the process of dissolving their relationship has to be contentious. Instead, many parties are able to resolve their disputes without...
View ArticleNew York Court Discusses Equitable Distribution Following a Foreign Divorce
Many people who emigrate to New York from other places choose to file for divorce in their native countries to take advantage of favorable laws. Simply because one spouse obtains a divorce decree in...
View ArticleNew York Court Discusses Enforceability of Prenuptial Agreements
Many people with significant wealth opt to enter into prenuptial agreements prior to getting married in an effort to protect their assets in the event of a divorce. While the courts generally favor...
View ArticleNew York Court Explains Children’s Rights in Divorce Actions
Many married couples have children, and if they eventually decide to divorce, the dissolution of their relationship will undoubtedly impact their children in some ways. While parents typically want...
View ArticleNew York Court Explains How Child Custody Factors Into Child Support Obligations
Raising a child is expensive, and few people can afford the cost alone. Thus, in many instances in which parents share child custody, the courts will order one parent to pay child support to the other....
View ArticleNew York Court Discusses Enforceability of Post-Nuptial Agreements
Many people make the practical decision to enter into marital agreements before or after marrying in an effort to protect their assets. While such agreements are designed to avoid protracted litigation...
View ArticleCourt Discusses Default Judgment in an Uncontested New York Divorce Case
Many divorces are contentious and require protracted litigation to resolve issues such as property division and alimony. In some instances, though, a couple’s decision to part ways is amicable, and...
View ArticleNew York Court Discusses Enforcement of Custody Agreements
Pursuant to New York law, parties in custody actions may enter into stipulations setting forth terms defining custody and child support rights, and the courts will generally affirm such agreements if...
View ArticleSpousal Support in New York Divorce Actions
It is not uncommon for one spouse to be the primary income earner while the other spouse is tasked with taking care of the home and raising the children. When couples with disparate incomes divorce,...
View ArticleCourt Discusses Temporary Spousal Maintenance in New York Divorce Matters
Typically, people marry with the intent to stay together for the rest of their lives. Many marriages are short-lived, though, and last only a few months or years. Simply because a marriage does not...
View ArticleNew York Court Discusses Geographical Restrictions in Custody Cases
People who share custody of a child often live in the same city, and in some cases, they may include a provision in their custody agreement that requires them to live within a certain geographical...
View ArticleNew York Court Discusses Imputed Income With Regard to Spousal Maintenance
In many marriages, one spouse earns the majority of the couple’s income. As such, if a couple with dissimilar incomes decides to seek a divorce, the court may find it appropriate to grant the...
View ArticleChanges Adequate to Warrant Modification of Child Support
When couples with children divorce, one parent will often bear the burden of paying the other child support. Child support obligations that are instituted when children are young may need to be...
View ArticleNew York Court Addresses COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Context of Joint Custody
When parents share legal custody of a child, they typically must confer with one another regarding major decisions. If they are unable to come to an agreement as to which course of action to take on an...
View ArticleCourt Discusses Property Rights in New York Divorces
Under New York law, when a couple divorces, any marital assets are subject to equitable distribution. In other words, the courts will allocate them in a manner they deem fair, which does not...
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