New York Family Law Blog

According to the New York Times, Mexico City politicians recently proposed legislation that would allow for renewable short-term marriage licenses for periods as short as two years.  Instead of requiring a spouse to seek a...

Canadian Family Law attorney Russell Alexander has recently written a blog post defining five of the most commonly used Latin terms in Family Law. For definitions of in loco parentis, lexi loci, non est factum, parens patriae...

Until recently, it was very rare for personal relationships to be governed by a written contract. In recent years though, there has been a tremendous increase in the use of formal agreements to govern the rights and...

The parties in family law and matrimonial litigation experience a wide array of emotions with anger and bitterness being two of the most common.  Threats and even physical attacks occur far too frequently.  One of...