Scholarly Articles
For more than two decades, Harriet Newman Cohen and her colleagues have written the annual matrimonial and family law feature for the New York Law Journal’s Special Matrimonial Law Section, alongside other scholarly contributions.
Published in the New York Law Journal
- Surrogacy and Embryo Disputes: When Reproductive Decisions are Left to the Courts
Harriet Newman Cohen — July 27, 2026 - Skim Milk and Statutes: When Family Law Isn’t What It Seems
Harriet Newman Cohen, assisted by Sarah A. Mezrich — July 28, 2025 (PDF) - ‘I Affirm. I Swear.’ The Pandemic Has Transformed NY’s Notarization Requirements — Or Has It?
Harriet Newman Cohen — July 26, 2024 (PDF) - Divorce in NY, NJ, Connecticut and Massachusetts: What the Practitioner Should Know
Harriet Newman Cohen — July 17, 2023 (PDF) - Surrogacy — From Baby M to Today’s Baby-Making Technology
Harriet Newman Cohen — July 22, 2022 (PDF) - Substituting Judgment: Beware, Attorney For the Child
Harriet Newman Cohen and Ankit Kapoor — July 26, 2021 (PDF) - Surrogacy Agreements Approved by New York…With Provisos
Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James — July 27, 2020 (PDF) - Divorce vs. Death: Pecuniary Rights and How They Differ
Harriet Newman Cohen — June 28, 2019 (PDF) - Surrogacy in New York: Boon or Bane?
Harriet Newman Cohen — July 30, 2018 - Social Media In Divorce and Family Law: A Trap for the Unwary?
Harriet Newman Cohen and Amanda Laird Creegan — July 31, 2017 - Court Gives Renewed Force to Policy Requiring Full Custody Hearings
Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James — July 25, 2016 (PDF) - New York’s Proposed Maintenance Guidelines
Harriet Newman Cohen and Laura A. Tucker — July 27, 2015 - Child Support Modifications Are Easier After 2010 Amendments
Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James — July 28, 2014 - “Automatic Orders” Prevent Wrongful Asset Transfers in Divorce Actions
Harriet Newman Cohen, Bonnie Rabin and Tim James — July 29, 2013 - Unwrapping the 2012 “No Fault” Package
Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James — July 30, 2012 - Marriage Equality Remains an Aspiration: Non-recognition statutes pose legal complications for same-sex unions
Harriet Newman Cohen, Bonnie Rabin and Tim James — 2011 - What’s Equitable When Distributing Businesses, Enhanced Earning Capacity?
Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James — August 9, 2010 - Downward Modification In A Troubled Economy
Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James — August 10, 2009 - Egregious To a Fault
Harriet Newman Cohen and Tim James — July 28, 2008 - The Alienated Child
Harriet Newman Cohen and Gretchen Beall Schumann — July 30, 2007 - To Have or Have Not (a Prenuptial Agreement)?
Harriet Newman Cohen — August 7, 2006 - When Custody is Truly Contested, Who Decides Best Interests?
Harriet Newman Cohen — June 6, 2005 - Equating ‘Best’ With ‘Only’ in Interstate Custody Cases Under the UCCJEA
Harriet Newman Cohen — June 7, 2004 - Limiting Discovery in Custody Cases
Harriet Newman Cohen — July 14, 2003 - Is ‘Braiman’ Still Vital After 24 Years?
Harriet Newman Cohen — 2002
Articles without a link are part of the firm’s publication record; the publisher’s archive copy is no longer available online.