In Limine Motions: What Are They and How Do They Affect Divorce?

"A motion in limine is an advisory nonbinding ruling as to the exclusion of certain evidence which is not appealable," writes Joel R. Brandes.

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What is an in limine motion? In New York, there is no statutory authority that authorizes a party to make a motion in limine.

The late professor David Siegel observed that New York has no explicit definition of a motion in limine. He wrote that it is “generally understood to be a pretrial motion to preclude testimony on a given subject or the introduction into evidence of a particular item.“ (126 Siegel’s Prac. Rev. 2, August 2002, General Practice, “In Limine” Motions.)

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