Indicated acs cases can have severe consequences for a person including their ability to obtain employment in many fields, and can even be brought up in future custody or visitation cases. In 2013, there were 5,837 indicated ACS cases in New York and the number of indicated cases had been increasing at an alarming rate …
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If you are a parent embroiled in a child custody case where you are certain that the other parent is manipulating the child or children to say that they do not wish to see you, you are facing an all too common and very difficult situation. In fact, a recent study of 1,000 custody cases in …
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Litigants who are parents (and even some written decisions from family court judges) sometimes confuse the terms joint custody and shared custody. This article is intended to give general information only about New York, and not actual legal advice. Law. Laws differ in different states. Under New York State Law, joint custody (also called legal …
Relocation cases can be the most unpredictable of all custody / visitation cases, at least under New York Law. While the United States has always been a highly mobile society, where people’s jobs often require them to relocate out-of-state, this trend has accelerated during the pandemic with many people moving out of the big cities. Now …
Getting your New York child support order lowered can often times be quite difficult, especially when the last order was entered before October 13, 2020, when the law was changed . On that date, a “new” law was passed which made it easier for a noncustodial parent (sometimes called “obligor”) , as well as for …
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In New York, child support orders can be enforced either by administrative action or by court action. These methods are not exclusive, and in fact, it is common for the local child support enforcement agency to seize income tax refunds, suspend driver’s licenses, and take other action even while a child support action is pending …
Under New York State Law, child support goes up to age 21 unless the child becomes emancipated. Emancipation is a legal term which means one of the following: The minor child gets married The minor child joins the military The minor child has left home and is self-supporting The minor child has abandoned the home …
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I am a New York City child support attorney who has many years of experience handling different types of child support cases. My services also include handling child custody and order of protection cases. This article is intended to provide you with some basic information and possibly answer some questions about child support laws in New …
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In order to get divorced in New York State, the Supreme Court must deal with any issues of child support. If the parents are not married, child support is handled in the Family Court. If the parents are divorced, subsequent petitions to modify, suspend, or enforce the initial child support order made in Supreme Court are usually made …
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There are several situations when New York Courts, in particular the Family Court, may be reluctant to order DNA tests to establish or rule out paternity. This article discusses the most common of these situations that come up in the New York courts. This article is intended to provide only general information about how New …
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