New York has no procedural mechanism for a father to "sign" his rights "over." The father can voluntarily relinquish his child to another ready,...

There is only the slimmest of chances that a court will grant the inmate parent in-person visits. That would require the custodial parent to travel...

CPS would have to withdraw their case for them to lose it. Otherwise, the judge must be partial to everything they allege and enter up-front...

There was once a time when the public controlled and regulated government. That was the job of the constitutions of the federal and state...

America's court apparatus is the nation's great divider. It sets family members against each other in an adversarial proceeding where government...

Child custody in New York, if by way of an initial award of custody, is always based on the best interests of the child taking into account all...

The asker can ask anything and anyone she want at any time she wants. The problem will be for the listener of the question to react in some way....

The asker must file "objections" to preserve her right to appeal the order of support to the appellate division.

This question illustrates how couples behave toward each other in the modern, court-centric America. The asker misses what is going on, and...

This is a classic question still posed today in a courtroom environment where protected classes rule the outcomes of criminal actions. We cannot...