Suffolk Lawyer Articles

By Vesselin Mitev

2020

Are Cola Adjustments ‘Modifications’ of an Order

EWOCs and the “Reasonable Person” Problem

Love and Loitering in the Time of Cholera

The ‘New?’ Normal

‘Wife After Death,’ Securing the Decedent’s Support Obligation

Tappa Tappa Kegga: Directing Parties to Pay for College

2019

Party Admissions and Electronic Evidence

Waiving Child Support, Overpayment, and Getting Your Money Back

The Imputation of Income and Maintenance’s Last Gasp

You Can’t Fix Crazy… But Can You Divorce It?

Family

Overpayment via Default Judgement: Rights and Remedies

Propping Upa Proper Pendente Lite Application

The Urn or the Tombstone: What Happens If the Child Dies?

Inability to Pay or Inability to Care? Holding the Deadbeat in Contempt

2018

Back to the Future; Traps for the Unwary

Shoo, Fly, Shoo; Summary Evictions of Family Members

Full Faculties and Constructive Emancipation Applications

The Finality of Judgements and Improperly Modifying Them

A Child’s Wishes and Their (un)Importance

Holiday Poem

2017

Shifting ‘the burden from one foot to the other’

When Can Sex Offender Visitation be in a Child’s Best Interests?

The ‘F’-bomb — Pulling back the Curtain on Forensic Custody Reports

Whose Fault is No-Fault Divorce?

Reallocation of Inequitability

The Rainbow Bridge and Res Judicata in Matrimonials

Modifying Maintenance and the Minotaur’s Lair

Accumulating Arrears and Pedente Lite Orders

A View from the Pews

2016

Reviving “Unemancipation” Status in Child Support Applications

In Limine Motions and Admitting Child Abuse Reports into Evidence

Diff’rent Strokes for Diff’rent Folks — Differing Standards for Child Support Requests

When is a Child Left Behind? Intestacy Distribution and Inheritance Fights