A judge has ordered a woman to enroll her two children in public schools after she decided to home school the children, against the wishes of her husband.

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A judge has denied a man’s request to reduce payments to his ex-wife required by their divorce agreement, even though the man claims she is living “high on the hog.” Frank Burgio, who is represented by attorney Charles A. Schiano ...

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What is a “law office” or its 21st century iteration, “a virtual law office?” Anyone asking these questions might say, look around — email, PDFs, drop boxes and Skype are the hallmarks of post-millennial law offices. Almost no one would ...

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In an era of extended families, children often reside with their grandparents, a seemingly safe environment for a child. But New York still sets a high standard for anyone to have custody of another’s children — “extraordinary circumstances.” Robert G. ...

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Richard A. Dollinger says being a judge is a lot like being a baseball umpire. “I call the balls and strikes,” he said Wednesday during a CLE in which he offered a behind-the-scenes look at his decision-making process. For a ...

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Parents often can’t wait for their children to “flee the nest.” But, in an emerging form of temporary child custody and visitation planning, the roles are reversed—the children stay in the nest and the divorcing parents, at alternate times, leave. ...

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You can take state Supreme Court Justice Richard A. Dollinger out of the courtroom, but you can’t take the courtroom out of Dollinger. When he listens to the song Uptown Girl, Dollinger hears Billy Joel using reputation evidence to describe ...

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A state Supreme Court Justice has denied a woman’s claim that her ex-husband should continue to pay alimony until 2020 under the terms of their divorce agreement, even though she remarried in 2015. Justice Richard A. Dollinger pointed out that ...

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If Richard Dollinger’s application to be a reporter for a major newspaper such as the New York Times had been successful, he may never have gone on to become a lawyer, a New York Supreme Court justice and winner of ...

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  Limited scope representation – allowing lawyers and clients to limit legal services – is a concept whose time has come across much of America and it may be making a much-heralded formal entrance in New York – soon. On ...

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The judge who is making a man in a custody battle with his ex-wife prove that he qualifies for an attorney at taxpayer expense has denied a request that he recuse himself from the case. Acting state Supreme Court Justice ...

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