Blog Posts in April, 2011
Posted on Apr 29, 2011 By Andrea B. Friedman, Esq.
New York has not passed a law which allows for same sex marriage. However, pursuant to recent case law, New York does recognize a same sex marriage validly entered into in another state. Today, five ...
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Posted on Apr 24, 2011 By Andrea B. Friedman, Esq.
Often times client's complain to me that despite the written agreement, their former spouse does not follow the parenting schedule in place. Whether the Agreement contradicts itself or not, many of my ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By Andrea B. Friedman, Esq.
Often times I have to remind clients that their divorce is not like what they see in the movies, and the truth is that infidelity will not affect your divorce as you would think. In New York State ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2011 By Andrea B. Friedman, Esq.
During your divorce the Court is concerned with maintaing the status quo of the marriage during the pendency of the divorce action. In order to accomplish this, the Court grants pendente lite relief, ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2011 By Andrea B. Friedman, Esq.
As an attorney on Long Island, many clients in my office went to Mediation prior to retaining counsel. The clients complained that in the mediation process no one was advising them of the law or a ...
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