Michael Leibovitch Randazzo

This case involves cross-motions in a family law dispute concerning the recognition of a Turkish divorce decree, parenting arrangements (decision-making and time), child support, partition and sale of jointly owned property, a restraining order, determination of the date of separation, and financial disclosure sanctions.

The court declined to grant summary judgment on the recognition of the Turkish divorce and the date of separation, finding genuine issues requiring a trial.

Interim orders were made, granting the mother sole decision-making responsibility and primary residence in Rockland, ordering the children to attend Rockland Public School, increasing the father's parenting time, maintaining the existing child support, and ordering the sale of the jointly owned property.

The requests for a restraining order and a fine for non-disclosure were dismissed, with the father given an extension to file financial statements.

The applicant father sought sole decision-making authority to vaccinate the parties' 13-year-old child against COVID-19.

The respondent mother opposed the motion, relying on a doctor's note and the child's expressed wish not to be vaccinated.

The court took judicial notice of the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and found that the child's views were not independent but influenced by the mother and her retained doctor.

The court granted the father sole decision-making authority for the vaccine and ordered the mother not to provide the child with anti-vaccine information.