Paul Winston Matthews

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Staten Island, NY

Family Lawyer at Staten Island, NY

Practice Areas: Family, Appeals, Lawsuits & Disputes

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If I am the custodial parent and I sent my child to visit and stay with his father temporarily, is he required to give him back?

Paul's answer | Answered on November 28, 2010

While the the laws of custody differ in each state there is a federal statute called theUCCJEA which deals with interstate cases. Once the child...

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I was eating outside of a public restaurant when all of a sudden,a large woman stuck her bottom in my face to put out a

Paul's answer | Answered on November 28, 2010

Unfortunately the laws differ in each state. However this sounds like a very minor matter which it is likely will either be dropped or else they...

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