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Dougan v. Dougan: Doctrine of judicial estoppel barred ex‑husband from claiming that interest provision in the judgment of dissolution was unenforceable. Read more
The parties were married on May 25, 1963 and plaintiff now seeks a divorce based upon the newly enacted no-fault grounds contained within Domestic Relations Law . Read more
District court determined it did not have subject matter jurisdiction to dissolve same‑sex marriage lawfully entered into in Canada and dismissed the action. Read more
Husband appeals from the judgment of the trial court dissolving his marriage, and entering related financial orders. Wife claims that his behavior demonstrates a pattern of contemptuous cond... Read more
In this issue of first impression, we are called on to determine whether the involuntary conservators of a conserved person can respond to an action for legal separation filed against the co... Read more
This appeal challenges the correctness of the reduction of a claimed marital award by a Jewish arbitration panel, the Beth Din, and the outright denial of an award on post-arbitration applic... Read more
Former wife filed motion for contempt, alleging that former husband failed to comply with divorce decree's provision requiring former husband to refinance marital residence before certain da... Read more
Husband sought declaratory judgment that his presumptive paternity of a child born during the marriage was not rebutted by a finding in the divorce decree that there were no children born of... Read more
By Laura Morgan: Case Issue: Divorce Procedure. Order in divorce proceeding denying husband's motion to disqualify wife's attorney did not affect a substantial right, and... Read more