New York, like all other states of our union, do not have a statute that grants a court authority to sever the parental rights from a parent absent...

There is too little information here to properly respond to this question. We must make some assumptions that could be way off of the mark. Let us...

The U.S. is a service country, not a filing country. For a court to acquire jurisdiction over a defendant, there must be service of the papers that...

As we have no idea what this case is about, there is nothing we can say. The vast majority of continent fee cases have tight filing deadlines, and...

There is not nearly enough information here to answer this question. The answer lies in the state's need for federal matching funds for child...

All American law is written by government specialists who are not likely parents. They assume a very limited set of facts in order to write and...

This question asks whether an asker can sue a government establishment on behalf of others. No. The legal principle is known as "standing" which...

Many of this writer's colleagues have said that this writer lambasts the legal apparatus in general and the judiciary in particular. This is a...

The asker must definitely approach her attorney with this question. The asker must follow her attorney's advice.

This writer is frequently faulted by colleagues in the legal community for being far too political in responses to askers' questions. Colleagues...