A man and his wife were residents of California and were married in California in October 1975. Their daughter was born also in California on January 29, 1977. Two years after their marriage and not soon after their daughter was born, their marital problems drove them to a trial separation.…
Articles Posted in Custody
Court Rules on “Horiffic” Domestic Violence Crime
The accused and his victim had an “on and off” intimate relationship from January 1996 to June 199. In early June of 1997, they had an argument in which he accused her of having an affair with another man. After this argument, the victim broke off contact with him and…
Court Determines if Personal Jurisdiction Present in Divorce Case
On 18 May 1981, in the hopes of forming a family, appellant husband and his wife got married in Queens, New York. The parties then resided in West Germany until May 1983 when the wife left West Germany and moved to Montgomery, Alabama. A New York Family Lawyer said the…
Court Determines if Insurance in Effect at time of Accident
The appellant of the case is Betty Ann Russell, who is a minor and is represented through her father and her next friend, Fred R. Russell. The appellees in the case are Charles A. Eckert and E.R. Heard and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, a corporation, Garnishee-Appellee. The Appeal Betty…
Court Hears Motion to Relocate
A New York Family Lawyer said the issue of relocation first came in to the lower court previously when the father’s motion to hinder his wife from moving was rendered unsettled when a job opportunity that had precipitated her interest in moving did not come to completion. However, after an…
Court Discusses Jurisdiction Issue Regarding Divorce Proceedings
A man and a woman married in New York and a daughter was born. The wife claims that they moved to Israel in 1987, with the intention of living there permanently. Although they purchased an apartment in Israel, the husband claims that he had no intention of permanently relocating there…
Court Lacks Jurisiction to Modify Custody
A New York Custody Lawyer said that on 26 June 1983, the parties married in Rhode Island, later moved to that state, where a son was born on 13 August 1990. On 1 July 1994, the parties were divorced in Rhode Island after a contested trial in that state’s Family…
Court Decides if Child Support Obligations can be Waived
Anna O’Connor is the respondent and James G. Curcio is the appellant in this case. The father is appealing to recover child support payments. The issue became whether or not child support payments that are due can be waived because of an order of judgment. As long as the obligation…
Court Decides if Parent of Emancipated Child Should Receive Child Support
In this case, Thomas B. is the respondent and Lydia D. is the appellant. History Two parents tried to come to a written agreement where child support payments would be terminated because the child being supported had obtained a full time job. However, economic independence of a child is not…
Court Rules on Adjustment of Child Support
In this case, the plaintiff is Margaret A., and Shawn B. is the defendant. Modification of Child Support Three circumstances entitled a person to seek an adjustment of assessed child support. The first is if a drastic change in circumstances occurs. The second is if either party’s income has changed…