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Including “Including” in Agreements
Under the parties’ divorce settlement agreement, the parents were not obligated to share their daughter’s sorority costs whether those costs were viewed as a college expenses or as extracurricular expenses. So held Nassau County Family Court Support Magistrate Sondra M.
Apportioning a Child’s Pre- and Post-Divorce Action Commencement Private College Expenses
In his June 13th decision in E.J. v. M.J., Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Edmund M. Dane resolved the complex financial issues arising when a divorce action is commenced after a child begins attending a private university, but before…
No Closed Courtroom in Action to Invalidate Husband’s Billion-Dollar Trusts
A wife commenced a New York County action to set aside three trusts created by her husband. The wife alleged that the trusts were created in an effort to ensure that the wife would be deprived of her fair and…
Despite Son Relocating to Live with Dad, Mom Still Entitled to Child Support Absent Parenting Stipulation Modification
In its decision this month in Vaysburd v. Vaysburd, the Appellate Division Second Department reminded us that once a parenting stipulation or order is entered, child support will not be affected until the stipulation or order is modified. This…
Lessons to be learned from the De Niro/Hightower divorce and prenuptial agreement
For 13 years, Mr. De Niro and Ms. Hightower failed to account annually for their commingled separate and marital property when making investments or acquiring assets as required by their 2004 Prenuptial Agreement (PNA). In effect, the decisions in their…
The effect of divorce settlement agreements on child support modification proceedings
What is the significance in a divorce settlement agreement of the parents’ decision to apply the child support formula to all of the parents’ income in excess of the statutory “cap?” How will such an agreement affect a subsequent modification…
Court authorizes change of name and gender-neutral designation on NY and Georgia identification
The petitioner, a resident of Bronx County who was born in the State of Georgia, asked the Court for orders reflecting “their” name and sex designation changes, on petitioner’s New York identification, as well as on their Georgia birth certificate.…
Temporary maintenance provisions in prenuptial agreements entered 2010 to 2015 must contain CSSA-type formula recitation
Two days before the parties were married in February, 2011, they executed a prenuptial agreement. In it the wife accepted an agreed-upon maintenance provision. The husband commenced a divorce action in 2019. The wife counterclaimed, seeking an award of maintenance…
The Term “Pension” Must Be Clearly Defined in Settlement Agreements
Two decisions last week highlighted the need for precision and the anticipation of issues when using the term “pension” in divorce settlement agreements.
In Gluck v. Gluck, the Appellate Division, Second Department, affirmed an order of Suffolk County Supreme…