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bits-and-bytestrade-issues---new-york-divorce-and-family-law-newsletter
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international-child-abduction-laws-and-information
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standards-of-review--fugative-disentitlement-doctrine-in-custody-and-child-support-appealsw-page
stay-of-enforcement-of-order-or-judgment-pending-appeal
subscribe-to-bits-and-bytestrade
table-of-effective-dates-of-revisions-to-domestic-relations-law-sect-236-237-and-240
table-of-hague-convention-cases-from-1988-to-may-20-2015
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taking-an-appeal-from-supreme-court-under-nycsef
terms-of-use-privacy-policy
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time-number-and-manner-of-filing-of-records-appendices-and-briefs
trial-and-trial-testimony
trial-and-trial-testimony-2023-update
trial-evidence-for-divorce-and-family-law
trial-of-a-divorce-and-custody-action-website
uniform-child-custody-jurisdiction--enforcement-act-overview
universal-e-filing-in-the-fourth-department
valuation-aids
what-is-a-final-determination-appealable-to-court-of-appeals
what-is-the-judgment-roll
what-must-be-in-briefs
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what-must-be-in-the-reproduced-full-record
who-is-served-with-the-notice-of-appeal
who-we-are