Conservatives claim child custody laws disadvantage men. New York’s gender-neutral fix has them furious

The bill would update family court language to recognize a broader range of parents, including LGBTQ+ families, while ...

Fact Check: New York bill would replace 'mother' and 'father' with gender-neutral terms in family law

The bill would replace the gendered terminology with "gestating parent" and "non-gestating parent" to acknowledge diverse ...

Trump demands dismissal of his New York court cases, calling them 'political witch hunts'

President Donald Trump demanded early Tuesday morning that legal cases against him filed in New York City, New York, be ...

Federal Court Affirms Constitutionality of New York Labor Law Amendment Limiting Liquidated Damages

This article is a follow-up to the NYLL 191 amendment which the NYLJ published last year: Labor Law Changes for Manual Laborers in NY | Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP. The Delaney case is the first ...
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Family Court Is Flooded by Cases It Can’t Address, Top N.Y. Judge Says

Judge Rowan D. Wilson says poverty and issues like mental illness, which the courts struggle to deal with, drive many of the cases that end up in family court. By Hurubie Meko See more of our coverage ...