Divorce Law: New York Divorce Law, Gerald Garson, Law and Divorce Around the World, Theodore Goddard, Henry Barron, Shah Bano Case
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ISBN10: 1155842901
ISBN13: 9781155842905
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.05 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781155842905
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.05 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: New York divorce law, Gerald Garson, Law and divorce around the world, Theodore Goddard, Henry Barron, Shah Bano case, Parental alienation, Qualified domestic relations order, Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, Virtual visitation, Matrimonial Causes Act 1937, Decree nisi, Divorce Act, Ancillary relief, Internal Revenue Code section 1041, MacLennan v MacLennan, Recrimination, Grounds for divorce, Uniform Parental Rights Enforcement and Protection Act, Division of property, Miller v Miller, D v D, Grandparents' Association, Pereira approach, Enoch Arden law. Excerpt: Gerald Phillip Gerry Garson (born August 3, 1932) is a former New York Supreme Court Justice who heard matrimonial divorce and child custody cases in Brooklyn. He was convicted in 2007 of accepting bribes to manipulate the outcomes of divorce proceedings. Garson was imprisoned from June 2007 until December 2009. In the bribery scheme, a fixer told people divorcing in Brooklyn that for a price he could steer their case to a sympathetic judge. After the fixer received a payment, he would refer the person to a lawyer contact of his, who had given Garson drinks, meals, cigars, and cash- accepting (and receiving) preferential treatment in return. The fixer and the lawyer would then bribe court employees to override the court's computer system, which was programmed to ensure that cases were assigned to judges randomly. Instead, they would have the case assigned to Garson. Garson, in turn, would then privately coach the lawyer. He would tell him questions the lawyer should ask of witnesses in the case before Garson, and arguments that the lawyer should make to Garson in court. Garson would then rule in favor of the lawyer. Garson was indicted in 2003, on the basis of video surveillance of his judicial chambers, and recordings made on a body ...