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As a new year greets us with the promise of new beginnings, we wish to extend many thanks to our clients and colleagues for making 2013 an excellent year. On behalf of the Tran Law Firm team, we wish you peace and prosperity in 2014.

From NyDailyNews.com:

Nancy Gonzalez, 29, went on an "alcohol and cocaine binge" when she was 8 months pregnant with Justus, and has put him in harm's way several times since he's been born, found a Suffolk County Family Court judge.

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From Gay City News:

A unanimous five-judge New York appeals court panel has rejected the argument that an HIV-positive man should face felony charges, carrying a mandatory minimum prison term, for exposing another person to the virus by failing to disclose his serostatus before having unprotected sex.

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From ABAJOURNAL:

Kentucky doesn't allow same-sex marriages or civil unions, or recognize those that occur in other states.

But even if it did, that wouldn't mean that a woman who prosecutors say heard her same-sex partner admit to killing a man and saw her cleaning blood from his van a couple of years ago could assert a spousal privilege to avoid testifying at an upcoming murder trial, a state court judge has ruled, because the women are not actually married.

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From the Huffington Post:

When a co-parent won't cooperate or stop fighting, it can be positively maddening. Ex-spouses can become immersed in rage, frustration, and a sense of powerlessness when their co-parenting partnership isn't working. This can leave little energy for either to move ahead with their post-divorce lives.

You cannot force an uncooperative co-parent to stop fighting. You can take them to court and make their choice to misbehave costly and time consuming (for you both). You can do this repeatedly. Unfortunately, co-parents focused on being destructive or on hurting their ex can always find new ways to do so.

The more you understand about why your ex won't give up the fight the better your chances at figuring out...

Celebrate it Twice

One option is to celebrate the holiday twice.

For example, Parent #1 could celebrate Christmas with the children a week before, while Parent #2 would celebrate with the children on December 25. This arrangement could be alternated by year to ensure fairness to all.

Divide it in Half

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From The Republic:

BERLIN — A German federal court has ruled that a divorced man must pay his ex-wife 242,500 euros ($328,000) out of his winnings from a lottery ticket because they weren't formally divorced at the time he won.

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