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In re Mullen: The mother's conduct did not create an agreement to grant former domestic partner permanent shared legal custody of her child. Read more
Dougan v. Dougan: Doctrine of judicial estoppel barred ex‑husband from claiming that interest provision in the judgment of dissolution was unenforceable. Read more
Husband appeals from the judgment of the trial court with respect to the court’s financial orders. On appeal, he claims that the court abused its discretion by (1) awarding wife alimony paym... Read more
The unthinkable happens -- parents are splitting; the family must deal with the emotions and trauma of one household becoming two, two incomes becoming one, and often the more frequent absen... Read more
Sixteen years after the child reached the age of eighteen, Mother sought to register the divorce decree in Oklahoma, pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act. 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
The trial judge determined that father, who was employed as a school bus driver, could generate additional income as a barber due to his training and abilities in that field of employment. A... Read more
Husband argues that his K-1 income should not be considered in the calculation of gross income for child support purposes because it is merely a bookkeeping entry and does not represent inco... Read more
Wife's interest in any future distributions of a trust of which she was a beneficiary was mere expectancy, and therefore wife did not have vested interest in distributions and distributions... Read more
This action involves a stepfather's attempt to claim a presumption of paternity based on the alleged invalidity of the mother's first marriage under Sudanese law because her first husband, t... Read more
