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NEW YORK AND PAD
A Psychiatric Advance Directives (PAD) is a legal document like a Health Care Proxy and/or Power of Attorney that details a person’s preferences for future mental health treatment or names an...
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PART 137 AND SURROGATE COURT FEE APPLICATIONS
MATTER OF HART, 2022 NY Slip Op 22018 - NY: Surrogate's Court, Rockland 2022:"I. Motion for Summary Judgment for Failure to Comply with Part 137The proponent of a summary judgment motion must make a...
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EXCEPTIONS TO GOL 5-321
TITUMIR v. BARKER AVE. ESTATES LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 50073 - NY: Supreme Court 2022:"It has long been held that absent a violation of law or some transgression of public policy, people are free to enter...
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WHO GETS THE DOG?
Mundo v Weatherson, 2022 NY Slip Op 50125(U), Decided on February 25, 2022, Civil Court Of The City Of New York, New York County, Ally, J:"Plaintiff commenced this action by service of summons and...
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PROBATING THE REMOTE EXECUTED WILL
MATTER OF HOLMGREN, 2022 NY Slip Op 22049 - NY: Surrogate's Court, Queens 2022:"Before the Court is a petition by decedent's brother to probate an attorney-drawn and supervised instrument dated June...
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WHEN MEDIATION IS A CONTRACTUAL PREREQUISITE
ALLIED CONSTR. CORP. v. PARSONS TRANSPORATION GROUP OF NY, INC., 2022 NY Slip Op 50126 - NY: Supreme Court 2022:"This action arises from a dispute over payment for construction-management services...
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AFTER DIVORCE, CHILD WANTS TO CHANGE LAST NAME
MATTER OF DZ (" G"), 2021 NY Slip Op 21282 - Suff Co. Supreme Court 2021:"JAMES HUDSON, J.The Petitioner and Respondent have two different last names that both begin with the letter Z. To preserve the...
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THE PANDEMIC AND UNEMPLOYMENT
MATTER OF MANGIERO, 197 AD 3d 1458 - NY: Appellate Div., 3rd Dept. 2021:"Claimant filed an original claim for unemployment insurance benefits effective March 9, 2020. In a series of determinations, the...
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CHILD CUSTODY - DENYING PARENTAL ACCESS NOT ALWAYS PARENTAL ALIENATION
MATTER OF BURKE v. Squires, 2022 NY Slip Op 861 - NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2022""The parties are the unmarried parents of one child, born in 2011. Prior custody proceedings resulted in a...
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ERAP AND STAYS IN HOLDOVER - ONE VIEW
ACTIE v. Gregory, 2022 NY Slip Op 50117 - NY: City Court, Civil Court 2022:"This is a holdover proceeding in an unregulated unit where Petitioner seeks possession of the premises. Respondent filed an...
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DIVORCE, VENUE AND TWO "RESIDENCES"
Fisch v. Davidson, 2022 NY Slip Op 1442 - NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2022:"LASALLE, P.J.IntroductionThe parties to this divorce action primarily resided in New York County, while maintaining a...
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ERAP AND STAYS IN HOLDOVER - ANOTHER VIEW
CAROUSEL PROPS. v. Valle, 2022 NY Slip Op 50168 - NY: Dist. Court, Suffolk County, 6th Dist. 2022:"JAMES F. MATTHEWS, J.And after due deliberation it is herebyORDERED, that petitioner's motion to...
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A CHEEKS HEARING
Having just completed one, the court did review the proposed settlement and required a modification of one of the terms.HYSENI v. ZIA MARIA LITTLE ITALY INC., Dist. Court, SD New York 2022:"The Final...
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MOURNING COMES LITIGATION
Reese v. OWENS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 2021 NY Slip Op 21374 - Bronx Supreme Court 2021:"Plaintiff moves pursuant to CPLR 3212 for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability on their first cause of...
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CAVEAT EMPTOR APPLIES TO COMMERCIAL LEASES
ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA CORP. v. L&M 825 LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op 30578 - NY: Supreme Court 2022:"Plaintiff Ermenegildo Zegna Corporation (plaintiff or Zegna), a commercial tenant, commenced the instant...
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PROOF NEEDED WHEN SEEKING RENT ABATEMENT
Stefanis v. Cavicchio, Date filed: 2022-03-10, Court: City Court, Westchester, Judge: Judge Karen Best, Case Number: LT-0986-21:"The Court then turns to Respondents claims regarding the alleged breach...
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ATTORNEY V. ATTORNEY
R.W.H. v. J.R.L., Date filed: 2022-02-17, Court: Supreme Court, Richmond, Judge: Justice Ralph Porzio, Case Number: 151726/2021:"PROCEDURAL HISTORYPlaintiff R.W.H. (hereinafter “Plaintiff”) and...
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A MASSACHUSETTS CASE - TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS
IN RE ADOPTION OF GHITA, Mass: Appeals Court 2022:"By the Court (Neyman, Ditkoff & Hand, JJ.[12])MEMORANDUM AND ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 23.0NOTICE: Summary decisions issued by the Appeals Court...
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SPECIAL PROCEEDING FOR CERTAIN NEIGHBOR DISPUTES
MATTER OF PANASIA ESTATE, INC. v. 29 W. 19 CONDOMINIUM, 2022 NY Slip Op 975 - NY: Appellate Div., 1st Dept. 2022:"These appeals stem from a proceeding pursuant to Real Property Actions and Proceedings...
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EMPLOYEE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR?
MATTER OF CAVLAK v. LANGUAGE SERVICES ASSOCIATES, INC., 2022 NY Slip Op 705 - NY: Appellate Div., 3rd Dept. 2022""Language Services Associates, Inc. (hereinafter LSA) provides language interpretation...
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