Category Archives: Family Law

New York Court Bars Alcoholic Wife From Her Home

A Nassau County, New York Supreme Court Justice has barred a woman from the Long Island, NY home she jointly owns with her husband, saying that she had abandoned her residence during her unexplained absences while she was struggling with alcoholism. He granted exclusive occupancy to the husband pending the resolution of a divorce action, […]

Falsely Reporting Child Abuse Criminalized In New York

Child abuse and maltreatment investigative and prevention resources are severely limited. Preventing the waste of such resources is necessary to ensure that the greatest number of children at risk receive the protection they need. A New York State law, effective February 1, 2009, expands the provisions of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree […]