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In a recent decision by the Appellate Division, Second Department, in Gang v. M, --- A.D.3d ---, --- N.Y.S.3d --- (2nd Dept. 2016)(2016 WL 5928795)(Oct. 12, 2016), E. Michael Kosan and Shari Paley of Fredman Baken & *Kosan obtained an affirmance of a Family Court...

To start a divorce action, you must file a Summons with Notice or a Summons with a Verified Complaint (“Pleadings”). After filing, your spouse must be served with the Pleadings within 120 days of the filing in one of the following ways: (1) personal service; (2)...

This article was originally written by Linda Olup, Esq, a Minnesota attorney who practices in Edina MN, and is used, with gratitude, by permission of the author, with a little editing by Neil A. Fredman. S v. S - Gold Diggers Need Not Shake in their Booties In March...

In a June 16, 2014 Westchester County, Family Court decision, Judge Michele I. Schauer granted Fredman Baken & *Kosan's Petition to permit an ex-wife and mother of two teenage boys to move with her children to Northern Virginia, citing economic necessity as...

In a July 24, 2014 Supreme Court decision (Rockland County), Justice Gerald Loehr granted Fredman Baken & *Kosan's motion to dismiss an action filed by a husband attempting to move the parties' divorce case from California to New York. The California court...

Westchester Divorce Lawyers Fredman Baken & Novenstern want to share this article with you courtesy of the Wall Street Journal. For years, 51-year-old Dawn and her husband of two decades, Tim, had buried their differences over finances, child-rearing and religion....

Divorce may be one of the most damaging financial events in the lives of those who go through it, but that isn’t always immediately clear to a couple about to split up. Westchester Divorce Lawyers Fredman Baken & Kosan want to share this article...

Monica and Mitchell Mandell were married in 1998. They have three children. After Mr. Mandell moved out last year, his wife retained attorney Ellen Jancko-Baken to represent her. Ms. Mandell was interested in pursuing the Collaborative Law process....

Sixteen years and three children into her marriage, Nancy Michaels' husband dealt her the blow of a lifetime. Out of the blue, he told her he wanted a divorce -- but he wouldn't tell her or their kids why he was leaving. Months later, a sudden and unexpected medical...

Sixteen years and three children into her marriage, Nancy Michaels' husband dealt her the blow of a lifetime. Out of the blue, he told her he wanted a divorce -- but he wouldn't tell her or their kids why he was leaving.  This is Part 2 of the series on Life...