Filing of court orders and judgements

If you're in Family Court, the clerk enters orders & (most of the time) serves same with notice of entry on the parties. If you're in Supreme...

When is child custody officially over in NY state, city for a child?

A child is emancipated for custody/visitation purposes at age 18. A child is emancipated for child support purposes at age 21 (unless sooner...

Can I get sole custody for my son even if we the parents still married, but the father refuses to bring our USC son back to USA

Merely because you're still married does not vacate your ability to file for custody. That said, if the child lives with the father overseas, you...

How can my child support arrears (transferred from PA to New York) be modified if I am now living outside the US?

In NY, cancellation of arrears is prohibited by statute. As such, the facts you've presented do not provide a basis to vacate any arrears. Call a...

At the first child support hearing, what role can an attorney play?

How much an attorney can assist depends on what the issues are & what aspect of the case is contested. In general, the attorney can assist in...

Husband has filed a petition for modification of child and spousal support in New York. Does the file W need to fie any forms?

An answer to a petition is optional in Family Court, though permissible. The wife should complete the financial disclosure affidavit and bring in...

If the Mother and my daughter moves out of state and now lives in GA do I still pay the same amount of Child support.

So long as you continue to reside in NY, and assuming NY was the state which issued the support order, then you must move to modify support in NY. ...

Divorce In Korea

Generally yes, if the Court had proper jurisdiction (i.e., both parties resided in Korea at the time, or the non-resident consented to...

What is the proper language you use when you want to state that the child support magistrate fabricated the facts

It's not so much that the Magistrate "fabricated facts," it's that you're disputing the factual findings the magistrate made. Your argument is...

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How to find attorney to advise on an international/global custody battle?

I the child's been living continuously in Germany for more than 6 months, and one party still resides there, then you most likely will need to...