Mr. Corletta Exposes Lying Spouses’ Agenda & Gets Custody For Client.

In matrimonial cases, spouses often use their knowledge of the Court system to manipulate circumstances to their own personal advantage, without regard for who they hurt; particularly children. Such was the case in F.E. v. F.L. (Sup. Ct., 6/20).

          In that case, one spouse was cheating on the other with a person of questionable character; a State Prison Parolee with a violent history. That spouse, in order to further affair, alleged the other spouse was dangerous, violent, and had a drinking problem. The cheating spouse obtained several Orders of Protection, and filed criminal charges, which they ultimately withdrew or dropped once they got what they wanted i.e. freedom to sue their paramour.

          That was until Mr. Corletta stepped in and began advocating on his client's behalf by immediately going on the attack. Mr. Corletta disproved the spouses’ allegations against his client, by having his client obtain alcohol and mental health evaluations, although not required, which showed they had no problem whatsoever.

          Mr. Corletta also exposed the spouses’ tactics to the Court. The Court, who previously restricted Mr. Corletta’s client's visitation based on the allegations, did not appreciate the other spouses’ “baseless allegations”, and immediately awarded Mr. Corletta’s client primary residential custody for interference in the client's relationship with their child.

          Not content, the spouse continued to agitate, continuing a pattern of lying and drug abuse, all while continuing to see the criminal paramour and exposing the party’s child to this person.

          Mr. Corletta continued to attack, pointing this out to the Court, winning further restrictions on the spouse, including that the spouse was prohibited from exposing the child to the criminal paramour.

          Mr. Corletta by turning the situation around with aggressive and tireless advocacy, created a situation where his client will probably get primary physical custody, when before, the client's visitation was restricted. The other spouse has a track record of putting their own interests ahead of their children, in that the spouses’ other child from a previous relationship now resides with grandparents.