Entries tagged with “Family Court”

Overlapping Jurisdiction of the Family Court, Supreme Court and Criminal Court

Posted by Daniel Clement on August 14, 2007
Lindsay Loans’ parents divorce highlights one of the problems with the family law system in New York. As highlighted in Newsday, while the parties’ divorce is heard in the Supreme Court, other issues are being heard in the Family Court. The fact that two courts have jurisdiction to hear and decide some of the issues could lead not only to inconsistent rulings, but also to added confusion, delays and strategic "shopping" for judges, not to mention, increase litigation costs.   Newsday provided gave this short synopsis of the Lohan divorce and custody case: In December of 2005, Michael and Dina... More
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