The New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services plays an important role in the Family Court system. Through this panel, low-income individuals in Family Court can be represented by experienced attorneys, even if they cannot afford it. Tens of thousands of people...
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The National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers
PRESS RELEASE March 21st, 2016—The National Advocates organization is pleased to announce that Mr. Joseph H. Nivin has been selected for inclusion into its Matrimonial and Family Law specialty, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers as recognition of their...
Paid child support for a college student? Receive a credit for money spent on room and board.
In the Matter of Marina B. Brandt, appellant, v Robert A. Peirce, respondent. D’Agostino Law Office, P.C., Pleasantville, N.Y. (Joseph Rizzo of counsel), for appellant. Daniel Lawrence Pagano, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., for respondent. DECISION & ORDER Appeal...
Decreased Visitation Does Not Mean Increased Child Support
Casler v Casler 2015 NY Slip Op 06653 Decided on August 26, 2015 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the...
Is Relocation Good For The Children?
2013-06224 DECISION & ORDER In the Matter of Lisa Christy, appellant, v Brian Christy, respondent. (Docket Nos. V-14614-12, V-14615-12, V-14616-12) Bryan L. Salamone & Associates, P.C., Melville, N.Y. (Katherine M. Saciolo of counsel), for appellant. Golden...
Findings of Child Neglect
Matter of Anastasia L.-D. (Ronald D.) Jeffrey D. Friedlander, Acting Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Leonard Koerner and Ronald E. Sternberg of counsel), for appellant. Deanna Everett-Johnson, Brooklyn, N.Y., for respondent. Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Tamara...
You can beat an order of protection case if…
Matter of Shiffman v Handler Bondi Iovino & Fusco, Garden City, N.Y. (Desiree Lovell Fusco of counsel), for appellant. Pearlman, Apat, Futterman Sirotkin & Seinfeld, LLP, Kew Gardens, N.Y. (Martin Seinfeld, Richard H. Apat, and Jordana Seiden of counsel), for...
Contested Custody Cases
Matter of Mandal v Mandal Amy Mulzer, Brooklyn, N.Y., for appellant. Teresita Morales, Jamaica, N.Y., attorney for the children. In a child custody proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order...
The Jurisprudence of Parental Alienation
By Joseph H. Nivin, Esq. I. Introduction In child custody proceedings, New York courts are charged with making critical, and emotional, choices about children’s lives. These choices include where a child will live, who will make decisions about a child’s medical and...
Joseph H. Nivin’s success in this case shows it’s not impossible to overturn a trial court’s factual determinations!
2.28.14 Joseph H. Nivin, Jamaica, N.Y., for appellant. In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 for the appointment of Gardeep S. as guardian of the child Kamaljit S., Kamaljit S. appeals from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Pach, J.H.O),...
