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Upper East Side woman gets less in divorce
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accusations hurt his business: judge
Janice Schacter, 51, had complained about her now ex-husband, Ira Schacter, 54, which
in turned decreased the value of his partnership in a white-shoe law firm, a Manhattan
judge ruled.
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Janice Schacter, 51, had complained over the course of her contentious yearslong divorce that her now ex-husband — a partner in a prestigious white shoe
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Ira Schacter, 54, said the allegations hurt his business at at Cadwalader,
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In a ruling made public Tuesday, Justice Laura Drager agreed, and found that as
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“Although the court recognizes that the wife feels she was badly treated by the
husband, her repeated attacks against him have played a part in diminishing his
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The veteran matrimonial judge called the couple’s divorce “one of the most
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Each “party demonstrated
troubling and uncooperative
behavior during the
proceedings,” the judge wrote.
“Each party at times displayed
offensive behavior in court. They
each shouted and interrupted
court proceedings. They made
inappropriate comments and
gestures to each other
immediately outside the
courtroom. They each
periodically ran out of the
courtroom in the middle of the
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Ira Schacter’s business declined because he didn’t work as hard
as he used to, his wife said.
assaulting each other, the ruling
says.
Janice Schacter, a homemaker
turned advocate for the hearing
disabled, got an order of protection barring her husband from their E. 78th Street
townhouse, and he filed for divorce two days later.
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In her ruling, Drager noted the
report about the hearing aids
was wrong - the daughter had
the hearing aids, and the two
sides were simply having legal
arguments about who should
pay.
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named a contestant for the
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hurt him professionally, and
reduced the value of his law partnership from $5 million in 2007 to just $627,000
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Drager agreed the economy was a factor - but so was Janice’s trash-talking.
“The court concludes that the wife contributed to the decline in value of the
husband’s law practice,” she wrote.
“The wife was well within her rights to publicly raise her concerns about
domestic violence. However, the wife’s incessant postings and discussions
about the husband went beyond any reasonable discussion of this very serious
issue.”
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Despite the lower payout for her ex’s law practice, the ruling leaves Janice far
from broke.
Drager awarded her $15,000 a month in alimony, $3,000 a month in child
support, their 2003 Lexus, half the value of their $4.4 million townhouse, half the
value of their $4.5 million, and half of their $650,000 in jewelry, furniture and art.
Janice Schacter’s lawyer, Michael Joseph, declined comment on the ruling,
which was first reported by the New York Law Journal.
A spokeswoman for Ira Schacter, Marcia Horowitz, said he “has no comment
other than to say that he now has a wonderful close relationship with both his
daughter and son.” She said Schacter's lawyer is “digesting the opinion.”
Janice said Drager's comment was "offensive considering what transpired in this
case."
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WAR CRIMES
23 hours ago
Unfortunately for her, the judges are lawyers and are acting out of professional courtesy. Getting 50% of
the reduced income is reasonable. Reducing her percentage to enhance the income of the shyster
husband is simply wrong.
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CRISPUS ATTUCKS
6 hours ago
she wasn't in the courtroom, she didn't do a thing. those kids are grown already. 17% is about
right
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LE ROY WARING
23 hours ago
When being a vindictive ex goes wrong....but the logic is sound. How can you demand I pay the same
when your bad mouthing is the reason my business is failing....I bet she's kicking herself right now.
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VINE OF PEACE
21 hours ago
but what If she is telling the Truth. His business is failing because of his actions. Running
around with a playboy bunny. I am sure that doesn't look good for his business. Spending his
money at the playboy mansion??? I am sure the wife was not the only one who saw this
behavior.
For instance, if I saw my minister hanging out at happy hours with a playboy bunny, and he is married, I
will not go to that church. Just like Tiger wood's wife finally found out about his 10-12 mistresses. If it
had been one, she would have stayed. There were just too many. Time to leave this sinking ship.
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CHELSEA ROJJA
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18 hours ago
PAYING for a "girlfriend" has another name.
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FUMAO Y LOCO
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6 hours ago
cuero,jinetera,puta
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6 hours ago
is his money he can do we his money what he want ,and they are no together yhey hate
each other ,she can be happy with 17% and please read the whole story before you
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4 hours ago
I read the whole story. The guy was cheating with the younger playboy bunny. His
wife found out about it. Naturally the wife got mad. Wouldn't you get mad if you
found out your wife was running around with a younger more attractive person?
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He says she bad mouthed him around town and his business suffered. I said his actions
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He should learn how to cheat better and not get caught, the next time he gets
married...or better yet just do not get married and cheat all you want.
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HERBERT STOKES
6 hours ago
Greed, falling out of love and a married man making a fool out of himself with a younger woman , a
bimbo at that . Many marriages, from the poor to the rich, have been destroyed not by cheating but by two
people falling out of love . The fire and desire is gone. The children are the sufferers . What amazes me is
how older men blow huge sums on these high priced hook*** , young or old. He should have just stayed
until the children were older and helped his wife find a real job , mean time find a nice woman with her
own means to have a meaningful truthful relationship.
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SUZANNE CARLSON
8 hours ago
So much of her story doesn't meet the smell test. It's SOP for bitter and vindictive ex-wives to claim the
fathers are neglecting the kids -- it's the ultimate trump card, along with claims of mental or physical
abuse--even in the absence of a scintilla of evidence.
This is the rare case, indeed, where an ex's big mouth actually cost her. Miracles DO happen! Rarely,
yes, but once in a blue moon ...
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CONTROVERSY
7 hours ago
She will have to begin using color in a box instead of going to Pierre for the 300 dol coloring
session. poor thing
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BEVERLY MARSH
19 hours ago
Dignity. All she needed to do was retain a little dignity. Anyone with half a brain knows that you don't bite
the hand that will be feeding you. Just take the high road and act like it doesn't bother you a bit. She is
still getting plenty of money and assets. People will figure out he is a fool on their own. Now you both look
like idiots.
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CHELSEA ROJJA
18 hours ago
HIS own lawyer admits that he was in fact fighting with his ex wife over who was going to pay for the
hearing aid when he in fact was giving hundreds of thousands to his pay for play "girlfriend".
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B0BC4T2U
21 hours ago
Actually, guidlines for upport reuired from a non custodial parent in NYS is 17% of income. If she had a
chane to get 50% of the assets, it would have been an agreed to stipulation between parties. The fact that
she was a party to such a contentious hearing, probably influenced the judge to stick with the guidelines,
rather than reward the bad behavior by each of them. "It's cheaper to keep her" is the old addage.
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KARAS
19 hours ago
wife (with custody of the kids) only $17,000 per year support. That doesn't
seem fair. There's no doubt both of them are bad news but much of Ira
Schacter's business woes are due to his own actions. Wife beating by a law
partner? Why didn't he just divorce her? I doubt his wife was the direct
source of the damaging news reports which were probably gleaned by the
media from legal filings which are not sealed. The tabloids routinely browse
such public legal documents looking for salacious news. A besotted partner in
a top US law firm giving a $215,000 engagement ring to a former Playboy
model half his age? That made news in legal blogs all over and caused him to
be the object of ridicule and jokes. No fool like an old fool.
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Cadwalader is ranked in the top US law firms. It's difficult to believe that a
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did this hard-to-believe business valuation? Practically all law firms that
experienced downturns had bounced back and then some by 2012.
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KARAS
19 hours ago
My first sentence was cut off. What I was questioning was the 17% guideline. Based on
what you're saying, a non-custodial husband making $100,000 per year only has to pay
an ex-wife (with child custody) $17,000 per year. How can that be fair? The Schacters
were also married for 26 years. Surely that should have also been taken into account.
Maybe 50% would have been too much, but 17% seems way too little.
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18 hours ago
Karas, she is getting above the guidelines as far as child support. The oldest is 19
and unless certain provisions are made in the divorce decree that child is of age
and he doesn't have to pay support. She is getting $3,000 for their daughter per
month. She is 15 and will age out in 3 years unless again, provisions are made in
the divorce decree. She's receiving 15K a month for alimony and half of two
residents they own. What is in contention is her percentage in his law partnership
which has shown a decline. If you browse the web, he was much maligned as a
lawyer in differnt blogs. I don't know if all that was said was true, but it couldn't
have helped business.
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8 hours ago
What's not "fair" is the implication that she should not have to contribute dime one
to the support of the kid? How about she get a job and and an income. Kids
need to be financially supported by BOTH parents ... not only the father.
$17k/year is $1416/month just from him. That, COMBINED with HER income, is
ample to support one child.
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she can help the kids w her 15k a month
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ITZCHOK KLINE
1 hour ago
if the income falls so does you spending. A divorce woman wants to continue to live as so was still
married. Don't know the case or care; but women need to get realistic in this day an age. Divorce means
she is having to go to work whether she worked before or not. You need to know the inside of how much
to give a woman but the man needs to be able to get a life also. Example give the house to her only or
divide it if it is very big with many rooms. She might have to downsize just like him.
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Judge Drager described a choke restraint with red marks and a bump on my head and
years of abuse including rape threats, a knife pointed at me, being pushed and him
sitting on me as being “treated badly.” He chest bumped me in the court hallway in front
of attorneys. See the comments on the petition against her on change.org.
This was about protecting her career. I stood up to a Judge who wouldn’t enforce court
orders, follow state laws, ensure my family was safe, give me legal fees, proper
discovery, experts and then created a record to prevent an appeal.
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I am not a public person but when Judge Drager failed to ensure that I was safe and had
a fair trial, I was left no choice but to use the channels available to me which was the
press. I ran out of options but I deserve justice.
Janice Schacter
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VINE OF PEACE
3 hours ago
the playboy bunny at least got her money from this old fool. I hope she kept that engagement ring. Ms.
Lace has moved on to another rich old crazy man. They think she loves them, no buddy it's called honey
for money. And if become broke or sick, they will probably leave you just like you left your wife and kids.
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PUMPKIN SEVEN
33 minutes ago
She better work fast at swindling these geezers, since she already looks rode hard and put
away wet.
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