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Madoff Victims' Divorce Agreement Upheld
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In Simkin v. Blank, decided in New York County on December 22, 2009, a New York Supreme Court Judge held that the husband's attempt to set aside the parties' 2006 settlement agreement due to a mutual "mistake of fact" as to the existence or non-existence of the Madoff account and "unjust... Read More
APPELLATE COURT REFUSES TO EXTEND DIVORCE GROUNDS TO "SOCIAL ABANDONMENT"
The Appellate Division Second Department issued a decision on November 17, 2009 in Davis v Davis, 2009 NY Slip Op 2009, which found that New York law does not recognize a cause of action for "social abandonment" as an extension of the abandonment ground for divorce. The decision which twice cites one of my New York Law Journal articles, "No Fault Divorce: New Twist on... Read More
