Child support cases can be tricky and complicated. They often require extensive legal research and extensive pretrial discovery. In high income cases, parties may even have to be deposed.
Litigants (and even some written decisions from family court judges) sometimes confue the terms joint custody and shared custody. Under New York State Law, joint custody is the power of a parent to make important decisions about the child’s life, and will normally have nothing to do with who pays child support or how much …
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 payors (usually non custodial parents) , as well as custodial parents …
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In New York, child support can be enforced either by administrate 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 in …
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 home …
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I am a NYC 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 York …
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In order to get divorced in New York State, the Supreme Court must deal with the issue of child support. If the parents are not married, child support is handled in the Family Court . If the parents were married subsequent petitions to modify, suspend, or enforce the initial child support order made in Supreme …
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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. The first thing that you need to know is that you have …
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All states are required, under federal law, to use mathematical formulas as guidelines for determining the amount of child support payments, however the states are allowed some discretion in setting their own guidelines. In New York State, the amount of child support payments are determine by calculation using the combined adjusted gross income of the …
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Interstate child support is a term that refers to a situation where the parents of a child reside in different states and a case is brought in one state to either establish paternity , establish an initial child support order, modify a previous child support order, or enforce a child support order from another state. …
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