In this case, Matthew G. Czajak is the petitioner and Donna A. Vavonese is the respondent. The Background The Family Court Act provides jurisdiction over paternity to Family Court only when determining issues of support. The Family Court does not have the authority to ascertain status except when involved in…
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Plaintiff Brings Case for Modification of Child Support
In this case, the petitioner is Petra A. Mac Fadden, and the respondent is Peter R. Martini. Case Details The petitioner would like a modification to an original divorce judgment. The original judgment required that $100 in child support was paid every month by the respondent to support the couple’s…
Court Decides the Legal Liability of Step Parents
Helen Alexander is the petitioner in this case. The respondent is Lyle Alexander. History Helen Alexander married Lyle Alexander on March 17th of 1989. The couple separated in the last quarter of the following year. Helen Alexander and her child from a previous marriage are both social service recipients. According…
Underage Drinking Destroys Young Lives
The problem of underage drinking is a significant one in our country, tells a New York Criminal Lawyer. More and more teens are drinking at a younger age than ever before, despite aggressive campaigns to attempt to deter such risky behavior. As a result, families are being destroyed, lives are…
Divorce from Spielberg Made Amy Very Wealthy
Although Steven Spielberg did not become a pauper overnight, he took a big hit financially when he was divorced from Amy Irving. It cost him $100 million. This was about half of what he was worth at the time. Irving, of course, had a lawyer who was very competent like…
Pam Shriver files for divorce from George Lazenby
Pam Shriver of tennis fame and George Lazenby of James Bond fame have called it a day. Pam filed for divorce in LA and the action will most likely end a six year marriage which produced three children. Shriver who is now 46, wants custody of the children, with supervised…
Neil Diamond Divorced
The crooner married Marcia Murphey, who was working as a television production assistant, in 1969. He soon released his first gold record, Touching You, Touching Me and was on his way to stardom. By the late ’70s, Diamond was one of the most successful singer-songwriters in showbiz, he grossed upward…
Megan Fox Says “I do”, finally
It has been confirmed that Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green have finally tied the knot. Fox and Green were known for their on again, off again relationship that led to two engagements. The couple met on the set of “Hope & Faith” in 2004. Even though there is…
Robin Williams Set to Divorce
Comic actor Robin Williams and his wife of nearly 19 years are splitting up. Marsha Garces Williams has filed for divorce in a San Francisco court. She cited irreconcilable differences. Marsha married Robin after his divorce from his first wife, Valerie. Marsha was their nanny and looked after the couple’s…
Actor Hired Attorney in $1Million Suit to Win His Own Dog Back
Sidney, two-year-old part golden retriever and part chow, was the center of attention in Manhattan Supreme Court. It was a short trip from the North Shore Animal League in Port Washington, L.I. where Levine found and adopted him. Sidney’s owner, Daniel Levine, is an actor who had to go on…