In the following case, the wife won her appeal.  She was granted a total of 1750 in child support and attorneys fees in the amount of twenty thousand dollars.  This seems like a win, but in reality all she did was spend tens of thousands of dollars on legal fees to get a marginal amount of child support.  She was already recieving 7500 per month in support.  You have to read this case to really understand the waste of funds that happened in winning an appeal. 

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Posted by Brian D. Perskin at 9:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

It amazes me when litigants refuse to provide discovery during the pendancy of a divorce. An experienced New York Divorce Lawyer would never put up with his or her client failing to provide discovery in New York. Lawyers are effective in Court, in part based on their reputation...

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People enter agreements all the time in divorce cases in New York. An agreement is what it sounds like. Both sides agree to all the terms. It is amazing when one of the parties refuse to abide by the agreement. What follows is extra legal fees and a dissapation of the asset. Recently, after a husband agreed to sell the marital house in Queens, he refused to sign the contract of sale. What did the wife do?

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Posted by Brian D. Perskin at 9:36 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I recently was in Court, arguing my contempt motion in New York Supreme Court and a wealthy business man who owns a number of bakerys and he told the Judge he makes no money.....

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Posted by Brian D. Perskin at 9:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

You would be surprised how many people actually either out right lie to the Court or misrepresent the truth. For the most part Judges know when a person is lying and when they find out, it will feel like every ruling is going agaist that person.

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