Change in Brooklyn Family Court schedule-will I still get my court appointed attorney?

That's a good question. Likely not. A switched court date can have devastating effect on you, your child and your case. This happens in custody,...

Absolutely. That's the "Father's Paradox": you are ordered to pay money but earning that money limits your access to the child. The more you pay...

This is a difficult one. The mindset of the country these days is that the obligation to pay support is decoupled from the right to see one's...

Recently had a support hearing for modification.

Court adjournments are procedural, not substantive. Courts run different calendars so if you are on the court's conference calendar, the court will...

Divorce

You are not describing what 'papers' you are talking about. A motion submitted takes sixty (60) days according to statute, but a court can take as...

Ordinarily, when a court does something like this, it is because there are conflicting streams of information coming to the court and the court...

Two of my kids have braces, and my ex mother in law paid for them since my ex does not work.

You must follow your order of support. It does not matter that the mother is getting money from her own mother. Your obligation is to reimburse for...

I'm obligated to split the cost of an SAT prep course with my ex. That's fine, but my ex found one that costs $2,900!

How about you find one that costs $900? The quality of instruction has no relation to the price of the service. Explain this to the ex and ask her...

Can I get back child support even if I've never had a child support order?

You can only get what the order of support specifies, no more, no less. If the order specified zero dollars for the last twenty years, then that is...

Is irrevocable family trust responsible for judgment against creator and for supposed debt of creator?

No. Once dad places his property into an irrevocable trust, that trust is now the owner of the property and dad has zero. That is the school book...