Caselaw Update
A weekly summary of divorce and family law decisions issued by the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
January 15, 2020 Decisions
Unequal division of assets not supported by the record, Maintenance vacated on newly discovered evidence of $800,000 error in retirement asset value Achuthan v. Achuthan, 2016-12655; 2018-05634 The plaintiff appealed from a judgment of divorce of the Supreme Court,...
January 8, 2020 Decisions
Father Barred from Equitable Estoppel Defense to Paternity of 17 Year Old Matter of R.-D. (Anonymous) v. P. (Anonymous), 2018-13792, 2018-13793 The Family Court dismissed the mother’s petition for paternity and application for a genetic marker test on the grounds of...