When Love and Marriage Don’t Go Together like a Horse and Carriage….What’s Left?

Marriage is inherently deemed an economic partnership, according to the law, and upon its dissolution, the accumulated assets and interests are to be distributed on the basis of the economic needs and circumstances of the parties. Equitable distribution in New York is fact specific, and not a 50/50 split, like it is in the community […]

Equality Schmality

Men often voice that they feel they get the raw end of the stick during divorce, without a larger understanding of their situation. Generally, women are perceived as victims and sympathetic characters in divorce, both in the monetary and parenting realms. People often ask me if I am a female-or male-oriented attorney and which sex […]

The Nurse with a Purse and Sugar Daddy Dynamic

The idea of a “sugar daddy” is very common and well-known: A “sugar daddy” is an older man who marries a younger woman and takes care of her. There is a similar, but lesser-known dynamic when the older marrying spouse is a woman. This dynamic has been referred to as the “nurse with a purse.” […]