E-filing in New York state

We don't know what case you have. Family Court and Divorce Court cases are never e-filed. They are handled on actual paper. In Manhattan, e-filing...

Substitution of counsel

There are only three ways for a lawyer to "get off" of a case: 1. the court relieves the lawyer of further representation; 2. the case ends and the...

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Are attorney's liable for gross mistakes?

Your fact pattern is totally unclear as to an accurate description of how your debt collection action was commenced, was presented to the court and...

Can a ex-husband request his ex-wife in the court of law to stop using last name to commit fraud?

No. There is no cause of action for name protection.

My abusive ex continues to insult me in emails and texts -- calling me a loser, an ass, childish, boring, need mental help, etc.

Go and do it. An order of protection is exactly what you need and is exactly what you'll get.

I ask about I'd like to ask about resorting to America because of the desire of my family in the circumcision of my little girl

File your apllication. Yours sounds like an asylum case.

I want to terminate the attorney-client relationship with my lawyer. Question is: Can I get my money back? At least half of it

I don't understand all the recent questions about dumping an attorney. We are not a pair of socks you chuck into a clothes hamper and get a refund...

If I buy a home with my wife do the have any law to protect me from getting kick out cause she's so aggressive verbally abusive?

Nope. The law screws you. Don't buy anything with such a woman. Instead begin to engage in 'pre-domestic violence planning' which includes having...

Is there an 'age' that my child can choose who he wants to primarily reside with?? (Please read details)

New York does not have a fixed age for flippage of custody because every father would be waiting at the courthouse door on the fixed birthday. So...

**Child support- When can the primary parent try to go back to raise child support?

Time is a factor the magistrate (a court attorney) uses to fashion an order of support. In the general situation, as the father you pay tax free...