LEGAL RESEARCH GENERALLY

To Use the Search Panel for Legal Research, Click on “Streamlined Research” At the Top of the Page for Guidance—Searches for Single Strong Words or Phrases (in Quotation Marks) Work Best.

FAMILY COURT ACT proceedings make up most of this category in the database encompassing varying degrees of treatment of topics including (but not limited to):

Custody (including petitions to relocate with children);

Support;

Abuse;

Neglect;

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status;

Paternity;

Parental Rights;

Right to Counsel;

Juvenile Delinquency;

Family Offenses;

Persons In Need of Supervision;

Judges (failure to hold hearings, improper delegation of authority over visitation or custody, etc.)

DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW (i.e., divorce law) proceedings are only lightly addressed in this database because the decisions tend to be too detailed and fact-specific to summarize. There is, however, some limited treatment in the New York Appellate Digest database of issues including (but not limited to):

Equitable distribution;

Marital Property;

Prenuptial Agreements;

Postnuptial Agreements;

Separation Agreements;

Stipulations;

Support;

Maintenance.