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Prior Restraint

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Act VIII

Post 36

Erase, Deactivate, and Delete

Jennifer Jackman resigns as Attorney for the Child without explanation. Her replacement files a motion to suppress all blog content. A visitation conference is converted into a gag order hearing. Steve is declared in default. Judge Schauer orders the blog removed — every post, every photograph, every grandmother's letter. The words are precise. Erase. Deactivate. Delete.

2023 ECS 90
Post 40

The Appellate Reversal

The Appellate Division, Second Department rules: the default did not occur. The blanket deletion order was not tailored as precisely as possible to the exact needs of the case. 214 A.D.3d 890. Two holdings that dismantle the foundation. The Family Court does not act.

2023 ECS 92