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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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),...