Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C. is an established Long Island matrimonial and family law firm representing individuals through divorce, child custody disputes, property division, support proceedings, and other consequential family law matters. Founded in 1992, the firm maintains offices in Hauppauge and Garden City, allowing its attorneys to serve clients throughout Suffolk County and Nassau County. Its practice is devoted to matrimonial and family law, with a particular emphasis on helping clients navigate the legal, financial, and personal challenges associated with divorce.

The firm’s attorneys bring more than 100 years of combined experience to their work on behalf of Long Island families. They regularly appear in the Supreme Court and Family Court in both Suffolk and Nassau Counties and are familiar with the procedures, expectations, and practical considerations that can influence matrimonial cases in each jurisdiction. This local experience can be especially valuable in divorce proceedings involving contested financial issues, difficult custody disputes, emergency applications, or matters that may proceed to trial.
Long Island Divorce Representation
Divorce can affect nearly every part of a person’s life, including where they live, how they raise their children, what property they retain, and whether they will pay or receive financial support. Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C. helps clients understand these issues, evaluate their options, and develop a legal strategy based on their particular family structure, financial circumstances, and long-term priorities.

The firm represents clients in both contested and uncontested divorces. When spouses can reach an agreement, its attorneys can negotiate and prepare a comprehensive settlement addressing property division, parenting arrangements, child support, spousal maintenance, insurance, retirement benefits, and other unresolved matters. When the parties cannot agree, the firm is prepared to litigate disputed issues and advocate for its clients in court.

Rather than applying the same strategy to every divorce, the attorneys begin by examining the facts, identifying potential areas of conflict, and explaining the likely and possible outcomes. The firm seeks practical settlements when an agreement adequately protects the client, while remaining prepared to proceed through trial or appeal when litigation is necessary.
Contested and High-Conflict Divorce
A contested divorce may involve disagreements over marital property, custody, parenting time, maintenance, child support, business ownership, or allegations of misconduct. These cases often require extensive financial disclosure, motion practice, negotiations between counsel, expert evaluations, hearings, or a trial before the New York Supreme Court.

Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C., represents clients in complex and high-conflict divorces throughout Long Island. Its attorneys work to define the issues clearly, obtain the information needed to evaluate the marital estate, and prevent emotional conflict from obscuring the legal and financial objectives of the case.

The firm also assists with cases involving parental alienation allegations, relocation requests, contested custody evaluations, disputes over separate property, and claims involving the dissipation or concealment of marital assets.
High-Net-Worth Divorce and Complex Property Division
Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C. has substantial experience handling high-net-worth divorces involving significant assets, closely held businesses, professional practices, multiple properties, investment portfolios, retirement accounts, valuable personal property, and complicated income structures.

These cases frequently require more than a basic inventory of the couple’s property. The attorneys may need to determine whether an asset is marital or separate, investigate whether separate property increased in value during the marriage, trace commingled funds, analyze executive compensation, or assess the financial consequences of retaining one asset in exchange for another.

When necessary, the firm can work with forensic accountants, appraisers, business valuation professionals, and other financial experts to identify and value marital property. Its attorneys also consider liquidity, taxation, future income, and the long-term economic consequences of a proposed settlement.

The firm represents business owners, physicians, dentists, executives, professionals, public employees, and spouses whose financial futures may depend on obtaining a complete and accurate valuation of the marital estate.
Divorce for Business Owners and Professionals
A divorce involving a business or professional practice can present particularly difficult valuation and distribution questions. The business may have been started before the marriage but expanded during it, or one spouse may claim to have contributed indirectly to its growth. Compensation, retained earnings, goodwill, ownership restrictions, and tax considerations may all affect how the business is treated.

Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C., helps clients address the valuation and division of closely held companies, medical and dental practices, partnerships, and other ownership interests. The firm works to protect the continued viability of the business while pursuing a fair resolution of the other spouse’s marital claims.

Its divorce practice also includes matters involving physicians, dentists, professional athletes, law enforcement officers, teachers, attorneys, and other individuals whose compensation, pensions, benefits, or professional obligations may require specialized analysis.
Child Custody and Parenting Time
When divorcing spouses share children, custody and parenting time are often the most important and emotionally difficult issues in the case. Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C. represents parents in disputes involving legal custody, physical custody, decision-making authority, parenting schedules, holidays, school enrollment, relocation, and access to medical or educational information.

The attorneys advocate for arrangements that protect their clients’ parental rights while remaining focused on the best interests of the children. They handle cases involving shared custody, sole custody, fathers’ rights, parental alienation allegations, forensic psychological evaluations, and requests to relocate with a child.

The firm also assists parents in negotiating detailed parenting plans intended to provide predictability, reduce future conflict, and establish clear expectations concerning communication, transportation, holidays, extracurricular activities, and important decisions.
Child Support and Spousal Maintenance
Financial support can have a lasting effect on both parties following a divorce. The firm advises clients concerning New York child support guidelines, additional expenses for children, health insurance, childcare, educational costs, and the financial information used to calculate support.

Its attorneys also represent individuals seeking or contesting temporary and post-divorce spousal maintenance. Relevant considerations may include the spouses’ incomes, earning capacities, age and health, length of the marriage, standard of living, career sacrifices, and the time one spouse may need to become financially independent.

Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C. works to ensure that support calculations are based on accurate income and financial information, including cases involving self-employment, variable compensation, bonuses, business income, or allegations that a spouse is underreporting earnings.
Divorce Mediation and Negotiated Resolution
Not every divorce must be resolved through prolonged courtroom litigation. The firm offers divorce mediation and supports negotiated approaches when they provide a realistic path toward a fair and complete agreement.

Mediation can give spouses greater control over decisions involving their children, finances, and future while reducing the expense and adversarial pressure associated with litigation. Debra Welsh, a senior associate with the firm, is a New York State Council on Divorce Mediation-trained mediator who handles divorce and family law matters involving equitable distribution, custody, support, and post-divorce issues.

Even in cases that begin with substantial disagreement, the attorneys may use structured negotiations to narrow the issues and resolve part or all of the case without trial. When an out-of-court resolution is not appropriate, the firm remains prepared to litigate.
Additional Matrimonial and Family Law Services
In addition to divorce, Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C. handles related matters involving:

Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
Annulments
Same-sex divorce
Military divorce
Child custody and visitation
Child support
Spousal maintenance
Paternity proceedings
Family Court litigation
Post-judgment enforcement
Custody and support modifications
Divorce and family law appeals
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
Relocation and parental alienation disputes

This focused practice allows the firm to assist clients before, during, and after divorce, including when an existing judgment or agreement must be modified, enforced, or appealed.
Experienced Long Island Divorce Attorneys
Founding partner Clifford Petroske has devoted more than 30 years of practice to matrimonial and family law. He has negotiated hundreds of settlements, conducted numerous trials, and briefed and argued matrimonial appeals before the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. His experience includes complex equitable distribution, business ownership, forensic accounting, separate-property claims, multiple real estate holdings, high-net-worth estates, long-term maintenance, relocation, parental alienation, and contested custody matters.

Partner Ryan Riezenman represents clients in divorce, custody, child support, and complex family law litigation. Admitted in New York since 2006, he combines strategic advocacy with personalized guidance and is active in the Suffolk County Bar Association’s Family Law Committee and the Suffolk County Matrimonial Bar Association.

Partner Michael Meyers practices exclusively in divorce, child custody, child support, and family law. He regularly appears in Suffolk County Supreme Court and Family Court and has briefed and orally argued appeals before the First and Second Departments of the Appellate Division.

Partner Nicole Silver has nearly two decades of legal experience and represents clients in contested and uncontested divorces, custody disputes, support proceedings, equitable distribution, and paternity matters. She is known for combining careful preparation and assertive representation with a calm, client-centered approach.

Senior associate and mediator Debra Welsh handles divorce, equitable distribution, custody, visitation, maintenance, and post-divorce modifications. Associate attorney Gabriella Lorenzo also represents Long Island clients in divorce, custody, support, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and related matrimonial matters.
Personal Attention and Practical Guidance
Divorce clients need more than technical knowledge of New York law. They need attorneys who will listen carefully, communicate clearly, and help them make sound decisions during a period of uncertainty.

Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C., emphasizes personal attention and individualized case planning. Its attorneys explain the available options, identify potential risks, and provide realistic guidance rather than making promises that cannot be guaranteed. The objective is to help each client reach a resolution that protects the client’s children, property, financial stability, and ability to move forward.

With offices in Hauppauge and Garden City, Petroske Riezenman & Meyers, P.C. represents divorce and family law clients throughout Suffolk County, Nassau County, and the surrounding Long Island communities. The firm offers confidential, no-cost consultations for individuals seeking guidance about divorce or another matrimonial matter.