--- title: "Christine P. Krahulik | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christine-p-krahulik" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Christine P. Krahulik Orange County Family Court · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: Orange County Family Court - State: New York - Role: Family Court Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge of the Orange County Family Court in New York’s Ninth Judicial District, serving since 2015 and most recently elected for a term from 2025 to 2034 - Judge, Family Court, Orange County, Elected, 2015 to 2024 - Principal Court Attorney to Family Court Judge, Orange County Family Court, 2000 to 2007 - Private Practice, Bonacic, Blustein & Krahulik, 1993 to 2000 - Legal career before judiciary: Associate at Wardlaw Associates LLC (1991–1993) Attorney at Bonacic, Blustein, and Krahulik (1993–2000) ### Education - Albany Law School — J.D. (1990) - Siena College — B.S. (1987) ### Additional information - New York State Unified Court System, Support Magistrate, 2007 to 2014 - Listed among the court’s active judges, with the court located at 285 Main Street, Goshen, NY - Judge Krahulik presides over family law cases in Orange County, including matters such as custody, visitation, child support, guardianship, foster care, juvenile delinquency, and family violence. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### recording and photography Scope: statewide New York statewide rules require permission before photographing, filming, videotaping, audiotaping, broadcasting, or telecasting in court facilities, including courtrooms. Evidence excerpt: Taking photographs, films or videotapes, or audiotaping, broadcasting or telecasting, in a courthouse including any courtroom, office or hallway thereof, at any time or on any occasion, whether or not the court is in session, is forbidden, unless permission of the Chief Administrator of the Courts or a designee of the Chief Administrator is first obtained [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### evidence presentation control Scope: statewide The official Guide to New York Evidence identifies court control over presentation of evidence as a statewide evidence topic; counsel should expect the assigned judge to control the mode and order of proof. Evidence excerpt: 1.07. COURT CONTROL OVER PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3aaauBqeqZ/rDmcDp1aNzQ%3D%3D) - [Official roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3aaauBqeqZ/rDmcDp1aNzQ%3D%3D) - [New York State Unified Court System Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3aaauBqeqZ/rDmcDp1aNzQ%3D%3D) - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true) - [Guide to New York Evidence: Article 1, General Provisions and Court's Role](https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/evidence/1-GENERAL/1-generalprovisions.shtml) - [Judicial Directory: Hon. Christine P. Krahulik](https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?judge_id=3aaauBqeqZ/rDmcDp1aNzQ%3D%3D) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christine-p-krahulik", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christine-p-krahulik", "name": "Christine P. Krahulik | KnowJudges", "description": "Christine P. Krahulik, Orange County Family Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-08-02", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christine-p-krahulik#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christine-p-krahulik#judge", "name": "Christine P. 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[Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Part 29: Electronic Recording and Audio-Visual Coverage in Court Facilities and of Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-34fe480ab82f22fa3c31d257) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-29-electronic-recording-and-audio-visual-coverage-court-facilities-and-court-proceedings?from_node=15921&topic=386&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.