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Leandra’s Law Expanded

July 26th, 2010 by Kevin Mahoney | No Comments | Filed in Criminal and Traffic Law, DWI

In November 2009, Governor Paterson signed the Child Passenger Protection Act, also known as Leandra’s Law. The law is named after Leandra Rosada who was eleven years old when she was killed while in a vehicle operated by a friend’s drunken mother. (more…)

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“Till Death Do Us Part” Just Got Easier

July 2nd, 2010 by Elizabeth DiPirro | No Comments | Filed in Matrimonial Law

It has long been rumored that the divorce rate in America has reached an all-time high with a predicted 50% of marriages ending in divorce.  In New York State, the process of divorce has been especially renowned to be complicated, emotionally and financially damaging, and torturously long.  This characterization seems well deserved considering, as NBC New York points out, New York was the only state in America lacking no-fault divorce legislation.  However, (more…)

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