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All of my clients share their most personal thoughts, feelings and experiences with me. It’s the nature of my job as a family law attorney. I work in a field that is highly emotional, judgmental and frankly, sometimes physically and mentally draini… Read More

A Bronx woman is facing felony charges after authorities learned that she was married up to eight different men at one time. According to authorities, Liana Barrientos was running a marriage scam that allowed men to enter the United States. She appar… Read More

Forget about the heartwarming videos of kittens playing and Throwback Thursday pictures. The next message you get via Facebook may truly change your life forever. A family court in New York (Naidoo v. Blood-Drake) recently permitted a wife to serve h… Read More

In a recent published decision, the NJ Appellate Division reversed the Board of Review’s denial of unemployment benefits to a woman (L.C.) who left her job and moved to Utah to flee her abusive ex-spouse. L.C. v. Board of Review, Docket No. A-5997-… Read More

As if divorce isn’t bad enough, sometimes a family’s circumstances also involve criminal charges or allegations. What happens when there is a pending criminal matter that directly involves the family during a divorce? When seeking the family cour… Read More

In the matter of Estate of Milagros Beltra v. Beltra, the Appellate Division again confirmed a trial court’s ability (and duty) to report a party’s unreported income (especially in the form of cash) and assets to the appropriate authorities. In B… Read More

In the matter of Fox v. Lincoln Financial, a wife tried to collect the proceeds of a life insurance policy held by her deceased husband. The only problem was that she was not listed as the beneficiary of the policy. The beneficiary was the husband’… Read More

The family as we know it has been changing over the past 100+ years due to multiple factors including economic, social and even technological. The below infographic sheds some light on various factors and statistics relating to growing divorce rates… Read More