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TO PART 36 ATTORNEYS - COMPENSATION REPORT
This reminder may be in your email:"REMINDER: Part 36 Law Firm Compensation Report (UCS-876)Dear Counselor, Pursuant to Part 36 of the Rules of the Chief Judge (22 NYCRR Section 36.4(d)), "[a] law firm...
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COURT INTERVENES ON ELDER ABUSE
Matter of Application of Nunziata, Date filed: 2021-12-15, Court: Supreme Court, Nassau, Judge: Justice Gary Knobel, Case Number: 850023-I-2021:“Dementia robs its victims of their reason and judgment...
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NO TUITION REFUNDS DUE TO COVID
Moore v. Long Island University, Date filed: 2022-01-24, Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY, Judge: District Judge Brian Cogan, Case Number:...
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EVICTION FOR GOOD CAUSE ONLY?
Currently, it is still in "committee"."BILL NUMBER: S3082SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL:An act to amend the real property law, in relation to prohibitingeviction without good cause PURPOSE:The purpose...
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A MASSACHUSETTS CRA CASE
MILLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. MP, 478 Mass. 767 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court 2018:"Child Requiring Assistance. Statute, Construction. Words, "Wilfully."This court concluded that under the habitual truancy...
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SEEKING RELIEF IN SUPREME COURT - RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD TENANT ISSUES
This was a NYC case.Friedman Residence LLC v. Denson, Date filed: 2021-03-29, Court: Supreme Court, New York, Judge: Justice Paul Goetz, Case Number: 159576/20:"Residential landlord-tenant issues such...
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ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD NEGLECT IN THE AFTERMATH OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Matter of Joshua F. (Hollyann G.) 2021 NY Slip Op 21373 Decided on December 20, 2021 Family Court, Kings County Deane, J. :"Procedural History and Factual BackgroundThis Court held a fact-finding...
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CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION WITH AN "AMBIGUOUS" LLC OPERATING AGREEMENT
YMSF Family P'ship LP v. Beitel, Date filed: 2022-01-25, Court: Supreme Court, Kings, Judge: Justice Leon Ruchelsman, Case Number: 514791/17:"The plaintiff has moved seeking summary judgement pursuant...
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A MASSACHUSETTS CRA CASE
"MATTER OF BERTRAND, 486 Mass. 1004 - Mass: Supreme Judicial Court 2020:"The petitioner, a child who was the subject of a child requiring assistance (CRA) petition, see G. L. c. 119, § 39E, filed by...
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CHILD OF DIVORCE WANTS TO CHANGE HER LAST NAME
Here the parent/child relationship was so estranged that the child, now a teenager, wanted to have her last name changed.MATTER OF DZ (" G"), 2021 NY Slip Op 21282 - Suff. Co. Supreme Court 2021:"The...
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NASSAU COUNTY DIVORCE - NEW UNIFORM PART RULES
These rules are in addition to the Uniform Rules for New York State Trial Court and the Local Rules of Court. Failure to comply with any rules or orders of this Court may result in preclusion and/or...
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NEW EVIDENCE RULE ON HEARSAY
Effective December 31, 2021, is CPLR 4549:"§ 4549. Admissibility of an opposing party's statement. A statement offered against an opposing party shall not be excluded from evidence as hearsay if...
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE - FOLLOWING THE NEW RULES ON REVOCATION OF ACCELERATION...
DEUTSCHE BANK NATL. TRUST CO. v. Weininger, 2022 NY Slip Op 22033 - Westchester Supreme Court 2022:"In support of its motion to renew, the plaintiffs argue that since this Court's March 10, 2020...
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EXEMPTING PARTY FOR HIS OWN NEGLIGENCE PROHIBITION HAS AN EXCEPTION
TITUMIR v. BARKER AVE. ESTATES LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50073 - Bronx Supreme Court 2022:"In this action for, inter alia, breach of a non-delegable duty, defendants move seeking an order granting them...
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GIFT OF CHECK NOT COMPLETE UNTIL FUNDS CLEARED?
Estate of Oakley, Date filed: 2022-02-09, Court: Surrogate's Court, Ulster, Judge: Surrogate Sara McGinty, Case Number: 2018-346/B:"...The objectants contend that $95,000 transferred from decedent to...
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CHRONIC RENT DELINQUENCY
Spencer Scott Group LLC v. Nahas, Date filed: 2022-01-24, Court: Civil Court, Richmond, Judge: Judge Remy Smith, Case Number: LT-300023-20/RI:"Chronic Rent DelinquencyCourts have found that the...
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REVERSE MORTGAGES AND CO-OPS
A new law permitting reverse cooperative apartment unit loans for persons seventy years of age or older was signed by the Governor on December 1, 2021 to be effective in 180 days therein:"BILL NUMBER:...
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DIVORCE AND TAX DEBT
C.C. v. R.C., Date filed: 2022-01-10, Court: Supreme Court, Richmond, Judge: Justice Ralph Porzio, Case Number: 55103/2020:"...During most of the marriage, the Defendant was the sole income earner. The...
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