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No part of getting a divorce is easy, but as any divorced parents know, the process becomes considerably more complicated when children involved. In every situation, the children’s needs have to come first. However, the logistics of developing a parenting plan can be difficult to navigate, even if two former spouses are in agreement regarding… Read More »

In a column last year after the landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down the prohibition of federal recognition of same-sex marriages, a Forbes writer drew an analogy between the coming wave of same-sex marriages and the significant uptick in marriages after World War II. Although noting that the numbers could potentially be similar, he observed… Read More »

In a 2010 poll of divorce attorneys, 73 percent noted an increase in the use of prenuptial agreements, in addition to some surprising trends related to these documents. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers conducted the poll with its 1,600 members, 52 percent of whom noted that women were increasingly the ones requesting a prenup…. Read More »

A New Jersey man was arrested and faces numerous charges after driving drunk with his eight-year-old daughter in the car. The 44-year-old man was seen swerving on the Long Island Expressway in the early evening on September 14, 2014. He was charged with felony driving while intoxicated (DWI), endangering the welfare of a child and… Read More »

A rollover accident just before midnight on September 2 sent a Long Island man to the hospital with critical injuries. The 51-year-old man was traveling on Interstate 84 in his Toyota 4Runner when the vehicle left the road, struck a piece of construction equipment and flipped over. It took first responders a half-hour to remove… Read More »

A bicyclist was killed in mid-September after being hit by a car on Joshuas Path in Central Islip. Marlon Santos, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene. Although the driver of the car stopped and is cooperating with police, investigators believe other vehicles may have been involved in the fatal accident. Car-bicycle accidents almost always,… Read More »

A woman was critically injured when a vehicle struck her early in the morning on September 14. The victim, 26, was crossing at the intersection of Manhattan Avenue and Meeker Avenue in Williamsburg when a four-door sedan making a left turn struck her. She is in critical condition and police are looking for the driver… Read More »

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, in an effort to discourage the dangerous practice of texting while driving, has unveiled a five-point plan just as the new school year has begun and cars full of younger drivers and their passengers take to the road. In seeking the cooperation of phone manufacturers, auto insurance companies, local… Read More »

A college student from Long Island died recently when a vehicle struck her in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where she was attending classes at Sacred Heart University. The 20-year-old woman was reportedly crossing the street behind another person in late August when the accident occurred. Police say the driver had swerved to avoid hitting the other pedestrian… Read More »

With all the changes in recent years to the legal status of same-sex couples, it can be difficult to understand the exact nature of your rights as a couple and, if you have children, your rights as parents. What’s true in one state may not be in another, and what you might assume would be… Read More »