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		<title>Pending Amendment to Maintenance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Senate and Assembly have passed radical changes to the Domestic Relations Law which change how maintenance is calculated, the enactment of no fault as grounds, and revising pendente lite awards of counsel fees.  S7740A is the Senate version of the amendment to the maintenance provision of DRL 236 B(6).  It replaces the existing statutory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relaunch of Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The relaunch of my blog is in progress. A lot of old posts were saved, some were lost.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jdbar.net/?p=29</link>
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		<title>Kidney not subject to Equitable Distribution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my prior post on the now infamous kidney case, the husband was claiming a distributive award for the value of the kidney he donated to his wife.In a non shocking decision, Referee A. Jeffrey Grob denied the husband’s request for an expert to give testimony to value the donated kidney. The court ruled: At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jdbar.net/?p=56</link>
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		<title>Child Support &amp; the Self Employed – The Depreciation Deduction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buried in DRL 240(1-b) and FCA 413(b)(5) is this often missed clause: iv) at the discretion of the court, the court may attribute or impute income from, such other resources as may be available to the parent, including, but not limited to: … (A) any depreciation deduction greater than depreciation calculated on a straight-line basis [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jdbar.net/?p=52</link>
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		<title>Stay away from New York Divorce Specialists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is one of my pet peeves. Spend five minutes on google, and you’ll find any number of New York lawyers who claim to “specialize” in any given area of law, including divorces and family law. The problem is, doing so is an ethical violation of Part 1200 &#8211; Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.4 provides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello, I’m here for your liver.. no wait.. kidney … no wait …</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We want your liver  This divorce could be straight out of a Monty Python skit.   Both Newsday and The New York Post have reported about what can only be one of the most bizarre divorces cases, ever. Doctor and nurse meet and fall in love, and vow to spend a lifetime together in marital bliss. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Articles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two new articles are posted on my website, http://www.jdbar.com/.In New York Estate, Probate and Administration Basics, estate versus non estate assets are explained, followed by a brief discussion as to how an estate is handled when someone dies with and without a will. The New York Default Last Will and Testament is exactly that; the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jdbar.net/?p=48</link>
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		<title>Grandparent ’s Right of Visitation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently introduced to Alexander Korotkin’s family law blog, and found this excellent summary of grandparent’s visitation rights in New York. Grandparents’ Right of Visitation December 21st, 2008 In New York, grandparents have a right to seek assistance of the court to obtain visitation with their grandchildren. That right is included in both the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jdbar.net/?p=46</link>
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		<title>Family Court’s Failure to calculate child support in accordance with FCA 413 constitutes error</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Miller v. Miller, the father filed a petition to modify the existing child support order on the basis they children now lived with him. In calculating the mother’s child support obligation, the Support Magistrate was required to calculate the combined parental income. Since the income exceeded the statutory cap of $80,000, the Magistrate was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jdbar.net/?p=43</link>
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		<title>Real Estate Appraisals, Payment in Hay Accepted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the benefits of having kids is that you get to search for all kinds of neat things on the internet. My twin girls are now seven, and have expressed an ever growing desire in horses. So like any diligent parent, I began my online quest to indulge their equine interests. I make no [...]]]></description>
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