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Divorce Recent New York Court Cases

Abandonment Must Be Sexual, Not Social

December 11, 2009

Once again, the New York Courts have held that grounds for divorce count; we do not have no fault divorce and the Courts will not make it up. The Second Department Appellate Division, sitting in Brooklyn, held in Davis v. Davis that “The plaintiff’s allegations  of social abandonment may appropriately be viewed as merely another [...]

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Ex-Wife Not Forced to Pay Husband’s Legal Fees for Divorce Tactics

November 30, 2009

Justice Robert A. Ross, of Nassau Supreme Court, has refused to award legal fees to the investment banker husband for his wife’s “stonewalling” and “manipulation” during their divorce proceeding. Mr. Molinari, in Molinari v. Molinari alleged that his wife’s tactics caused him to incur hundreds of thousands of dollars in unnecessary legal fees and he [...]

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