New York Family Law Blog

Streamlining the Judiciary- The Rise of Integrated Domestic Violence Courts Domestic violence is not a crime that fits neatly into our current judicial system. It often requires several visits to various courtrooms where...

History was made at the United States Supreme Court today as the highest court in the land ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to legally marry, in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. In doing so, the United...

Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog has written a great preview of the constitutional challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (or DOMA) being heard today in the Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Windsor (No.: 12-307).  The...

Adam Liptak of the New York Times has written a brief preview of the the first of the two same-sex marriage case that the Supreme Court will hear this week. The first case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, No. 12-144, which the court...

  Merry Christmas to all. Below is a video clip of Justice Elena Kagan discussing Christmas during her hearing before the US Senate....