LaMonaca Law Blogs
- By: Melissa Towsey
- Divorce, Family Law, Marital Agreements
A Gift with Strings Attached: How Courts Address Gifts between Spouses in Divorce Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain and singer Courtney Love, has recently been in the news for her divorce from singer Isaiah Silva. The divorce was very contentious and proceedings were pending for several years. The parties […]
- By: Christopher Casserly
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Non-Traditional Family Law
Custody and Taxes: Who Claims the Children? Each year, parents who are divorced or separated run into a common question: who gets to claim the children on their taxes? Whether you have been separated for years or you are faced with this question for the very first time, the introduction of the 2017 Tax Act […]
- By: Lawrence Welsh
- Divorce, Family Law, Marital Agreements, Non-Traditional Family Law
You’re Not Megan Markle and He’s Not Prince Harry (or Vice Versa): Even Though They Did Not, You Should Think About a Pre-Nuptial Agreement And not to put too fine a point on it, but this is not the United Kingdom, either. Pre-nuptial agreements are still relatively new to the UK, only recently enforced by […]
- By: Melissa Towsey
- Divorce, Family Law, Marital Agreements
Declaratory Judgments in Family Law There are many ways to bring an issue before the court in a family law matter. When seeking to have a contract validated or to determine a legal right, then filing a motion for a declaratory judgment is one of those options. The Declaratory Judgment Act states “Courts of record, […]
- By: Jennifer Lemanowicz
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law, No Fault Divorce, Non-Traditional Family Law
THREE NY PARENTS AWARDED “TRI-CUSTODY” OF SON A Long Island couple and a neighbor with whom they had a threesome have been granted “tri-custody” of their 10-year-old son in a groundbreaking ruling. Dawn and Michael Marano got married in 1994 and had a relatively conventional marriage until 2001, when they met their downstairs neighbor, Audria […]
- By: Alicia Fastman
- Family Law, Non-Traditional Family Law
Monkey Business and Copyright Law Naruto, a monkey living in Indonesia, took a selfie in 2011 with a human nature photographer’s camera which had been left unattended. Photographer David J. Slater configured the camera to the appropriate settings, and backed away to allow the monkeys, who had shown interest in his camera, to play, which […]
- By: Jennifer Lemanowicz
- Divorce, Family Law, Support
WHAT IS ALIMONY? Alimony is an aspect of divorce that is often misunderstood. People have many misconceptions about alimony and often get it confused with Spousal Support and Alimony Pendente Lite or APL. Spousal support and APL are both orders made before a divorce is final. Spousal support is support paid after the parties separate, […]
- By: Jennifer Lemanowicz
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law
FAMILY PORTRAITS WITH YOUR EX Photos can play an important role in a family’s life, whether they’re framed on the wall, carefully tucked into albums, or shared proudly on smart phones and Facebook. But once a couple gets a divorce, what happens to those special photo shoots with mom, dad and the kids? For Victoria […]
- By: Alicia Fastman
- Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Support
Humor in Law with Marshmallow Peeps Each year, the American Bar Association Journal holds The Peeps in Law diorama contest. This year’s theme was “Stranger Peeps” a la the popular series “Stranger Things.” Entries are to be law-related featuring Peeps, the magical, multicolored marshmallow treats. The competition has been going strong for ten years, and […]
- By: Alicia Fastman
- Divorce, Family Law, Marital Agreements
Putting your financial cards on the table in a divorce I recently came across an old news story from 2001 about a divorce in California in which a wife won the lottery for 1.3 million dollars and filed for divorce eleven days later. During the divorce process, she never disclosed her lottery winnings to her […]
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