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Seidner & Associates, PC, is sad to say farewell to our Law Clerk, Nicole DiGiose, who is moving to Connecticut where she will practice family and matrimonial law. We are pleased to announce that we have hired a new associate, Danielle Becker, Esq., who begins work full time on January 6, 2014. We will all […]

After a mother was recently awarded unsupervised visitation with her son there was a major incident in school that implicated the mother so the Judge ordered only supervised visitation while the matter is fully investigated.

Seidner & Associates prepared a motion to dismiss a petition in Nassau Family Court. Upon reviewing the merits of the motion, the Court indicated the motion to dismiss was going to be granted so the Petitioner withdrew rather than lose.

Today the Nassau Family Court agreed to our request to suspend a father’s visitation entirely because of his poor track record visiting his child and the fact that when he does she becomes very upset by his conduct and comments. We also succeeded convincing a judge, who already called in an attorney to represent a

Seidner & Associates, P.C. has successfully settled another contentious divorce case midway through trial. After attorney Matthew Seidner’s witness offered very damaging evidence against her husband, the husband realized that the Judge would not render a decision in his favor and was finally willing to settle to avoid several more days of a painful and

Today Seidner & Associates, PC settled another hotly contested matrimonial action in Nassau County Supreme Court.

On December 4, 2013, the Second Department decided the following New York Family Law cases: Reese v. Reese: In a post-judgment matrimonial proceeding, the mother sought an upward modification of the father’s child support obligation. The court held that a child support agreement based on a stipulation of settlement which was incorporated but not merged

Today our firm was granted permission to orally make an application to dismiss a family offense petition (in lieu of filing a costly and time-consuming motion) due to our ability to convince the Court that because the law was so overwhelmingly on our client’s side that it should deviate from its normal protocol.

A Supreme Court judge ordered a guardian for an incapacitated person to hire Matthew S. Seidner, Esq. to obtain Medicaid benefits, form a Pooled-Income Trust for excess resources, and prepare a Supplemental Needs Trust with specific language approved by the Department of Social Services. The firm was successful in obtaining the approval for the gentleman

Today we settled another major nursing home bill for our client after Medicaid was benefits were cancelled.