Hunter v. Humphrey Default was recently entered against a husband who had attempted to represent himself in a divorce action after he failed to file his Answer and Counterclaim on a timely basis. The husband filed a motion to vacate the default so that he would have an opportunity to participate in the divorce… Continue Reading Portions of Final Judgement of Divorce By Default Summarily Reversed and Vacated (Brian G. Paul).

Antoniotti v. Antoniotti In 2004, the firm won an emergent appeal summarily reversing the entry of a Final Restraining Order prohibiting a father from having any contact with his ex-wife and 17 year old son. In that case, the parties had been divorced for 8 years, and shared joint physical custody of their 17… Continue Reading Final Restraining Order Prohibiting Father From Communicating With Parties’ 17 Year Old Son Reversed After Emergent Appeal (Brian G. Paul).

J.C. v. J.M. In J.C. v. J.M., Brian G. Paul successfully represented a victim of domestic violence in the Appellate Division after her former boyfriend filed an appeal of the Trial Court’s entry of a Final Restraining Order in her favor. There, our client and her former boyfriend had a five year dating relationship. After our client… Continue Reading Final Restraining Order Affirmed (Brian G. Paul).

Reversed Child Support Verdicts In the year 2000, the firm won two unreported Appellate Division child support cases, Simmonds v. Simmonds and Wiedaseck v. Immesberger. In each of those cases, Brian G. Paul successfully convinced the Appellate Division that the Trial Court Judges had improperly calculated child support. Both cases were reversed and remanded back to… Continue Reading In 3 Separate Cases, Incorrect Child Support Calculations are Reversed By Appellate Division (Brian G. Paul).

McConnell v. McConnell In McConnell v. McConnell, the firm successfully vacated $54,400 in alleged child support arrears that a Wife has erroneously convinced the Probation Department to apply to a Husband’s probation account. In that case, the Wife alleged for the first time in the year 2000 that the Husband had paid virtually no… Continue Reading $54,400 in Alleged Child Support Arrears Vacated and Probation Account Ordered Closed (Brian G. Paul).

Britton Thomas In 1999, the firm attained national recognition when Brian G. Paul successfully suspended a professional boxer’s license for his failure to pay child support. This is believed to be the first case in the United States where a professional athlete’s sporting license was suspended for child support enforcement purposes.