MOTIONS: Matrimonial and Civil: Alternating Thursdays in Part 29 at 9:30 a.m.; Infant Settlements at 2:30 p.m.

Civil, including Matrimonial:
All moving papers, answering papers, memoranda and special term note of issue to be sent to chambers before 2:00 p.m. on the Tuesday before the motion return date. Adherence to CPLR 2214[b] expected. TROs on notice if other attorney known. No general adjournments. Adjournments without Court permission not permitted. Only stipulated or initialed Orders should be submitted to the Court for signature.

CONFERENCES:

Civil:
Preliminary conferences must be held within forty-five (45) days of the Court’s receipt of filed RJI. All conferences before IAS Judge or law clerk. Adjournments granted with consent of parties, subject to Court’s approval, by contacting secretary.

IAS Matrimonials:
Preliminary conferences to settle required. Pleadings, discovery demands, 236B Affidavits, motions, responses, prior orders, settlement proposals, proposed stipulations or agreements should be submitted to the Court as far in advance as possible, but no less than 48 hours. Consent adjournments granted subject to Court’s approval, by contacting secretary.

TRIALS AND REFERENCES:

Civil:
Trial dates considered to be “date certain.” Adjournments granted only in the most exceptional circumstances, not upon consent of counsel.

Matrimonial:
Adjournments granted only by permission of Court. References to law clerk to hear and report on contested economics, contested visitation, post-divorce arrears and post-divorce modification. Bifurcation or trifurcation with Court approval on case-by-case basis.