Plaintiff, Elizabeth Chung, is suing her mother-in-law, Chung Peng Chih-Mei, a resident of Taiwan, and Intertrust Limited, a Bahamas Corporation, claiming that her estranged husband, David Chung, had put assets into his mother's name to avoid tax liability and to block Elizabeth from asserting her … Read More about Case Update (12 Dec 2022): Chung v. Chih-Mei; alternative service permitted on Defendant in Taiwan
Case Update (19 July 2022): Doe v. Hyassat; alternative service permitted in Austria via email
Ms. Doe, an alleged victim, brought a suit against a career diplomat/Jordanian national, who currently resides in Austria, but had been previously employed by the Permanent Mission of Jordan to the UN in New York. She alleges battery, assault, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of … Read More about Case Update (19 July 2022): Doe v. Hyassat; alternative service permitted in Austria via email
Case Update (24 Nov 2021): Joseph II v. Luisa JJ; home state; service overseas
The parties, Joseph and Luisa, are the parents to one child, born in 2013. They resided primarily in NY during their marriage, but also spent extended time at their second home in Italy. In July 2019, they entered a separation and settlement agreement providing for joint legal and shared physical … Read More about Case Update (24 Nov 2021): Joseph II v. Luisa JJ; home state; service overseas
Case Update (2021): Koons v. Crane; substituted service, usual place of abode, personal jurisdiction for purposes of contempt
One of the key issues on appeal, in the case of Koons v. Crane, was whether the Husband, Mr. Koons, was properly served with an Order to Show Cause for his alleged failure to abide by certain obligations in the parties' divorce decree. In July 2017, Mr. Koons had notified his ex-Wife, Ms. Crane, … Read More about Case Update (2021): Koons v. Crane; substituted service, usual place of abode, personal jurisdiction for purposes of contempt