No. From your facts, you fail to meet New York's onerous residency requirement to file. Walking into this state alone (husband lives in North...

I frequently imagine a life free of legal practice and all of its idiosyncrasies. Cases are worth a lot or nothing at all. Clients are looking to...

How can I get divorced quickly without going to court to fight child custody and child support?

That's not possible. American policy is to not only divide assets and liabilities between man and woman, but it is also to ensure that the child is...

I owe back child support

There is no question here. As for not working, you had to file a termination of support to not be obligated to pay support. Your taking care of...

Just let the numbers flow together.

How can I stop my mom from receiving my child support ?

All you have to do is join forces with your father in assisting him in filing a child support petition to terminate support. He alleges that you...

My daughter no longer lives at home and is working (she’s 19) how do I go about trying to end child support?

You will not succeed in terminating support simply merely because you believe your child is living alone and working. In these proceedings, the...

Agreements count for everything in family court. If you can agree on an exchange location, you are free to do so unless the court order expressly...

If someone who's not a teacher, doctor, police officer, etc witnesses child abuse, legally do they have to report it?

In 1973, New York State passed the child protective services act. This created the New York State Central Register (SCR) of Child Abuse and...

No. The commissary is not on the order of support to pay you money; the father is. If he is able to obtain money to pay on his order of support,...