by Alla Roytberg, Esq. | Jan 16, 2018 | Blog, mediation, wills
PROBLEM: One would imagine that the last thing on the mind of someone faced with a recent loss of a family member is a protracted contested estate litigation. And yet, stories of capacity and undue influence over someone who signed a will are what great novels...
by Alla Roytberg, Esq. | Jun 24, 2017 | Blog
~ How to minimize emotional and financial costs ~ “ . . . accidents will occur in the best-regulated families . . .” – Charles Dickens THE PROBLEM: WE NEED TO CHANGE CUSTODY AND CHILD SUPPORT Life happens. When John and Mary divorced Jason was three years old...
by LaraT | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
By Alex Cruz – Public Adjuster and Former Insurance Company Executive – Guest Blogger One hopes never to have a catastrophic loss, but if you do, you should feel comforted that you have purchased property insurance to cover your home or business. That...
by LaraT | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog
“Perhaps it takes courage to raise children..” John Steinbeck While legal definitions of parentage in New York State have been construed as both narrow and ambiguous, the definition of parentage has been subject to complicated sociological dispute for centuries....
by Alla Roytberg, Esq. | Aug 11, 2014 | Alla Roytberg, Blog, child support, children, custody, division of property, divorce, Divorce Law, Divorce lawyer Forest Hills, Divorce lawyer New York, family, family law, legal system, new york, New York Attorney, queens, separation, spousal support, uncontested divorce
If you and your spouse have already agreed on: How to split up your home and other real estate How to divide your retirement assets and business interests How to divide your debts How you will make decisions for your children, and how you will resolve disagreements in...
by Alla Roytberg, Esq. | Jun 11, 2014 | Alla Roytberg, Blog, divorce, Divorce Law, Divorce lawyer Forest Hills, Divorce lawyer New York, divorce mediation, Divorce Mediator, legal system, new york, New York Attorney
“It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.” – Theodore Roosevelt Sometimes new laws are made for the best of reasons, and yet they end up being flawed. Often legislation is passed in a...