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Virtual Family Law Hearings: Are They Here to Stay in 2025?

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC on 5/15/2025

As a product of the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington courts, like many others, were forced to adopt a virtual format with respect to live hearings and trials. This meant opting to conduct proceedings using Zoom, Microsoft Teams,...more

Report Detailing Impact of COVID-19 on the New York City Family Court Urges Reform

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good on 2/16/2022

Over the past several months, I have had the honor of co-chairing a joint New York City Bar Association/Fund for Modern Courts work group, which just issued its report on the impact of COVID-19 on the New York City Family...more

Our Virtual Reality: Facing the Constitutional Dimensions of Virtual Family Court

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 7/5/2021

Fear and danger, not words we want associated with our judicial processes, are two words punctuating recent articles detailing the unintended consequences and attendant uncertainty accompanying virtual court. The New York...more

Legal Obstacles to Women Living in Poverty During the Pandemic: A Conversation with Her Justice

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good on 4/23/2021

Proskauer was privileged to host a panel presentation with Her Justice this month to raise awareness of economic and legal obstacles facing women who are living in poverty in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...more

Family Law Newsletter - January 2021

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &... on 1/20/2021

School Openings and Child Custody - We live in unpredictable times. Schools are opening, schools are closing. One week they’re using a hybrid model for learning, the next week it’s completely virtual — forcing us to be...more

Family Court Judges To Hold Virtual (Video) Family Court Hearings Beginning June 24

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 7/2/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to families everywhere. It seems that we all have been facing a “new normal” in just about every aspect of our lives— from remote work to virtual school and...more

When access to courts is limited, collaborative practice can help

Stange Law Firm, PC on 6/17/2020

During the COVID-19 crisis, access to the courts is limited. Many courts were only hearing divorce and family law matters virtually. The lack of access to the courts caused many distress and concern. Many had immediate...more

[Webinar] Lunch & Learn: Successfully Navigating Divorce and Separation Amid COVID-19 - June 25th, 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT

Blank Rome LLP on 6/11/2020

Enjoy a virtual lunch with renowned matrimonial & family law attorney Marilyn B. Chinitz and dynamic family therapist Dr. Kathryn Smerling as they discuss the issues, risks, and concerns confronting anxious families in the...more

Family Mediation During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Unprecedented Times Call for Extraordinary Measures

JAMS on 4/29/2020

Although the coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every aspect of American life, its effects are amplified for divorced families with young children, and even worse for families in the midst of divorce. Divorced and...more

COVID-19 State-By-State Guide To Family Court And Custody Orders

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/8/2020

The following is a state-by-state breakdown of how family courts are operating and the automatic custody orders, if any, entered during the COVID-19 period thus far, including current examples from our attorneys: General...more

How The Economic Downturn And Financial Impact Of Coronavirus Could Be Felt In 2021 And Beyond

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/7/2020

An all too familiar, if not overused, term to describe all thing Covid 19/Corona virus is “unprecedented.” In an attempt to avoid politics, whether any of this was foreseeable or not, there is no dispute of the absolute...more

The Impact of the Coronavirus Shutdown on Alimony and Child Support Orders

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 4/1/2020

The world has changed in the past two weeks. The support agreement you negotiated in 2018 or 2019 may be in jeopardy. With the economy in a state of turmoil, the coronavirus already has impacted many people’s weekly...more

Connecticut Rules Committee Suspends Time Requirements Concerning Custody and Visitation for Minor Children

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 3/30/2020

A meeting of the Rules Committee of the Superior Court of Connecticut was held on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. At the meeting, the Rules Committee suspended various Practice Book rules. ...more

Impact of the Coronavirus on divorce and family law

Stange Law Firm, PC on 3/24/2020

The Coronavirus is having a significant impact throughout the world. For many, this pandemic came out of nowhere and has changed lives in ways nobody saw coming. Apart from the imminent health concerns, many are asking...more

COVID-19: Divorce, Custody and Other Family Law Emergencies

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 3/19/2020

In the sudden wake of COVID-19, courts across the United States and Europe are closing. Courts have taken steps to prevent the spread of the virus through closing to the public, postponing matters and extending deadlines. But...more

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