New York Divorce Report - New York's Divorce and Family Law Blog

In any litigation, in which the court must render an order or judgment, there is a winner and there is a loser. Sometimes, the court will even telegraph its decision, in advance, in order to facilitate a settlement discussion. Most clients, when informed of an adverse decision (or even the potential for one), will, as a knee jerk reaction invariably say, “Let’s Appeal!” or “If the judge does that, we will appeal.” Without even addressing the fact that not every decision is appealable, the odds are that an appeal will NOT be successful. To the contrary, most appeals are... More