My question involves child support in the State of: New York. Child Wants to Live with Non Custodial Parent

The best thing to do is to file a modification of custody petition, along with a petition to terminate child support. The NCP may wish to consider...

Hiring a lawyer for family court

Yes, I think its reasonable from a business perspective. I, for one, do not accept new retainers (generally speaking) if a client owes a balance...

Yes, absolutely. Indeed, there was a recent appellate case which reversed a trial court which ordered both maintenance & housing costs wihout...

Married 21 yrs Husband left 3 years ago I live in the house that we own Is it better to stay this way without divorce?

Is the house in your name or your parent's names? If it was intended to be a gift just to you - rather than to benefit the marriage as a whole -...

Your client wants to file for divorce from his wife, who left him for another man eight months ago?

He can file for divorce under DRL 170(7), which is the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage for at least the last 6 months (some other states...

What is the citation for the New York State statute that states the grounds for divorce?

DRL 170, which may be found here: ...

Can a grandparent petition the court for visitation rights to her grandchildren? What does the New York statutes hold?

Yes, they can. The standard is whether "equity sees fit to intervene," which is a technically higher standard than the mere "best interests of the...

Can my son father give up his rights to his mom

He cannot "sign over his rights" to her, but that said, all she needs to do is petition the court for an order of grandparent visitation. If she...

Child support whoas Help!!

The issue is that they aren't obigated to work out a pay,ent plan with you in the first place - they technically can take out up to 50% of the...

Will I have to pay alimony, and if yes how can I protect myself from that?

See my prior answer to your duplicate post.