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Can A Court Order A Non-Custodial Parent To Raise A Child Frum?

Ami Magazine Exclusive Interview-When an OTD Parent Seeks Custody-Children Caught in the Crosshairs of Divorce

I join in saluting the first graduating class of Mesivta Netzach Hatorah, including Rabbi Yerman, Rabbi Mitteldorf, Rabbi Lebowitz, Rabbi Rosenthal, Mrs. Vegh, and my son's Rabbi- Rabbi Stern. It was a memorable event, and we were glad that we were a silver sponsor in the journal linked below. h...

Does the Halachic Prenup Hold Up in Court

MARTIN E FRIEDLANDER, ESQ, NAMED FELLOW OF  AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS  BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – MARTIN E FRIEDLANDER is pleased to announce that he has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).  Comprised of the top matrimonial attorneys ...

Is the Covid Vaccine Going to Raise Issues Between Conflicting Parents? The issue of vaccination of children has arisen to a national level of debate. Parents who adamantly are against vaccinating their children have been involved in litigation. In New York State, many cases have been litiga...

Covid Related Issues in Matrimonial Law An issue that has been raised, and while I believe applications have been made for the court, there are no known decisions concerning this matter. The issue is the best interest and safety of the children. There are conflicts between parents regarding their...

Two renowned attorneys are collaborating their practices.  Noted attorney, Steven Cohn, Esq., and Martin E. Friedlander, Esq., are collaborating and expanding their respective law practices. Steven Cohn, Esq., an icon in both the legal and political community of Brooklyn, New York, has...

Marriage During the Time of Corona: In this article, featured in Hamodia Prime Magazine,  Rabbi Simcha Feuerman, LCSW-R, and I delve into how COVID newlyweds are coping during this pandemic. The article provides psychological guidelines for COVID couples and concerned family members and a legal ...

Is withholding a religious divorce (Get) a form of domestic abuse? In this article, which I co-authored with Dr. David Pelcovitz, we discuss the issue of withholding a Jewish divorce as a form of domestic abuse. The article includes details on a fascinating study and explores possible tools that...

Refusal to Remove Barriers to Remarriage: Did the Appellate Division Second Department Eliminate Economic Sanctions? By Martin E. Friedlander and Nathan Lewin  In Cohen v. Cohen,1 the Second Department effectively nullified a clear statutory directive in Section 236B(5) of the Domestic Relatio...

UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONAL BARRIERSTO AN AMICABLE RESOLUTIONThe Grieving ProcessA divorce can be divided into four categories: (1) legal requirements;(2) children and parenting; (3) money and property; and (4) grief. Legalrequirements must be met. Assets and liabilities will need to be divided andfa...

Rule #1: Give Yourself TimeYou are going through a lot, and it is going to take some time torecover. Don't listen to people who urge you to “just get over it.” You'll getover it in your own time. Most people start to recover from a divorce inabout a year or so. Some people require a lot longer. ...

YOUR DIVORCE RULE BOOK  1:01 Reducing Chaos  Divorce creates chaos. The chaos is caused by changes in residences, self-perceptions, finances, social relationships, and parenting. The rule book by which you have been living your life has been destroyed.  When this happens, you may find ...

Settling your Divorce vs. Trial

The Complex Intersection Between Matrimonial Law and Immigration Law

AFCC 56th ANNUAL CONFERENCE:International Jurisdictional Disputes: The Challenges of International Relocation and the Risk of Abduction International Jurisdictional Disputes: In this workshop will be presented with an interdisciplinary perspective on the complex issue of international relocation...

In a recent blog post for Nefesh International, Martin Friedlander, Esq. discusses the issue of when children are placed in a religious conflict during a divorce proceeding when one parent is no longer observant. Click here to read the full blog post.

Martin Friedlander, P.C. represented a Wife who has been fighting for her religious divorce (“Get”) since 2012, in a recently decided case before the Honorable Judge Debra Silber. Martin Friedlander, P.C. successfully argued for the Court to apply New York's second “Get Law,” Domestic Relations L...

In an historic decision by the Israeli Supreme Court of May 5, 2016, the Court denied the petition of a grandfather who alleged that the Rabbinical Court's decision to impose his son's child support obligation upon him infringed on his natural rights. The petitioner's son had been declared a “me...

The State of New York has well settled eavesdropping rules and is known as a one party consent state. As such, it is a violation of Penal Law § 250, to record a conversation that no party to the conversation consented to the recording and that evidence would be inadmissible (not able to be used i...

For the first time in modern history there is a reported case in which the Rabbinical Court panel required a husband to give his wife a Get (bill of Jewish divorce) on the sole ground of emotional abuse. There were no allegations of physical abuse whatsoever, and the finding of emotional abuse wa...

A recent decision from New York County Family Court denied parties the ability to agree to the prepayment of child support as an upfront lump sum. Clients often ask me if it would be legally effective to prepay their obligation for child support. According to Judge Goldstein's opinion In re Matte...