Boutique matrimonial representation across the Queens County Supreme Court Civil Term and Queens Family Court in Jamaica. Great Neck boutique practice serving divorce matters from Astoria to Rockaway. Discreet counsel for complex marital estates.
Michel Law represents Queens County residents in contested and uncontested divorce, equitable distribution, child custody, and post-judgment matters. The firm appears regularly in the Queens County Supreme Court at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica, and in Queens Family Court at 151-20 Jamaica Avenue.
The firm represents individuals, closely held business owners, and family-office principals in matrimonial matters involving real property, retirement accounts, trust interests, or ownership stakes requiring professional valuation.
Every matter is handled directly by the managing attorney, with no case associate layered between the client and the work. Consultations are available in English and French.
Queens Supreme Court maintains dedicated matrimonial parts within the Civil Term at Sutphin Boulevard. Preliminary conferences under 22 NYCRR § 202.16 are scheduled promptly after the Request for Judicial Intervention, and Queens judges enforce the discovery deadlines set in the Preliminary Conference Order.
Statements of Net Worth under § 202.16(b) must be exchanged with specific supporting documentation. Queens parts routinely reject incomplete Statements and require cured filings on shortened schedules.
Queens has one of the most ethnically and economically diverse matrimonial dockets in the state. The firm handles matters involving overseas assets, foreign prenuptial agreements including French-language review, and property interests in multiple jurisdictions.
First-chair representation in actively litigated matters at Sutphin Boulevard.
Business interests, trust distributions, real property across New York and overseas, retirement accounts with QDRO treatment.
Legal and physical custody under DRL § 240. Representation in contested first-instance custody and modifications.
Negotiation and litigation of post-divorce maintenance under DRL § 236(B)(6).
Enforcement and challenges of prenuptial agreements. French-language document review available.
Modifications of maintenance and custody, enforcement, and appeals to the Appellate Division, Second Department.
Jurisdiction: All actions for divorce, separation, and annulment. Dedicated matrimonial parts under 22 NYCRR § 202.16.
Jurisdiction: Custody, visitation, child support, paternity, and family-offense proceedings where the parties are not married or no divorce action is pending.
Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Corona, Flushing, Bayside, Whitestone, College Point, Little Neck, Douglaston.
Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Briarwood, Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Hollis, Queens Village, Fresh Meadows.
Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Rockaway Beach, Far Rockaway.
Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale.
Divorce actions are filed in the Queens County Supreme Court Civil Term at 88-11 Sutphin Boulevard, Jamaica. Queens Family Court at 151-20 Jamaica Avenue handles custody, visitation, and child support when parties are not married or no divorce action is pending. Family Court cannot grant a divorce.
Uncontested divorces in Queens are typically resolved in four to seven months. Contested matters commonly run eighteen months to three years. Queens matrimonial parts carry heavy caseloads; preparation and compliance with scheduling orders accelerate matters significantly.
Yes. Fabrice K. Michel is fluent in English and French, and the firm handles divorce and prenuptial-enforcement matters involving French-language documents and clients who prefer to communicate in French. Relevant to Queens’s Francophone population, including Haitian and West African communities.
Foreign real property is marital property subject to equitable distribution if acquired during the marriage. New York courts can account for its value in the overall distribution and order parties to execute necessary instruments. The firm regularly handles matters involving property in France, Haiti, Canada, and the Caribbean.
Any attorney admitted in New York may appear in Queens Supreme Court. Local counsel offers practical advantages: familiarity with the Civil Term’s matrimonial Part Rules, in-person availability for conferences at Sutphin Boulevard, and prior appearances before the sitting judges.
All inquiries are held in strict confidence.