Rosemary Lepiane Wins Motion to Dismiss Re-Petition for Custody After Custodial Decision at Trial

Bousquet Holstein attorney Rosemary Lepiane won a motion to dismiss a father's petition for a modification of custody order after trial. After trial, the father filed for a modification of custody with affidavits claiming new information, but re-asserted facts that had been already been addressed during the trial. Attorney Lepiane moved to dismiss since father Read More »

Ryan Suser Wins On Appeal

Ryan S. Suser, a Member and Litigation Attorney, recently won an appeal before the New York State Appellate Division for the Third Department.  The win affirms a decision favoring Ryan's client.  It allows the sale of an interest in vacation property over another party's objection.  The question before the Court was whether the property's owner Read More »

Ryan Suser Wins Motion to Vacate

Ryan S. Suser, a Member and Litigation Attorney, obtained a decision vacating a court's prior order in the Onondaga County Family Court.  The order was previously entered on default.  Arguing that the default was improperly granted, and after filing an objection from an adverse finding by a trial Referee, Ryan was able to have the Read More »

Ryan Suser Defeats Motion for Summary Judgement

Ryan S. Suser, a Member and Litigation Attorney, recently defeated a motion for summary judgment before the Cayuga County Supreme Court.  His clients are pursuing a case against a local Town alleging, among other things, that the Town inappropriately encroached on their property in constructing a local road.  The lawsuit seeks to return the property Read More »

Ryan Suser Defeats Motion For Summary Judgment

Ryan Suser, a Member and Litigation Attorney in the firm’s Trust's and Estates / Elder Law Practice, defeated a motion for summary judgment against several individual clients.  The case is brought by a nursing home against several relatives of the nursing home's resident, who recently passed away.  Among other things, the complaint seeks to "claw Read More »

Ryan Suser Perfects Appeal

Ryan Suser, a Member and Litigation Attorney in the firm’s Family Law / LGBTQ+ practice, has perfected an appeal in the Appellate Division for the Fourth Department.  The appeal, which will be argued on November 20, 2019 in Rochester, concerns the ability of a "non-biological" parent to obtain standing to seek visitation or custody with Read More »