Paternal right

You can file a paternity petition in family court and have someone serve the mother. She'll have to appear. You can demand a paternity test at...

Can I get custody

As for your first question, you cannot violate the other parent's order of custody. If you wish to modify that order, you'll have to hire one of us...

Nope. The only law suits I observed go through to judgment were the ones against individual case workers. Going up the chain yields little and I...

Have him file for divorce. Get a substitute service order to have her served and proceed to judgment..

For custody agreement violations, when does submitting violation paperwork to the court yield useful results?

I have seen varied and mixed results with these violation petitions. In one case, the abandoning father - who is a construction worker working...

If I was married in New York and my separated spouse and myself now live in NC for the last two years, can I file in NY?

No. You cannot department the state of New York and then return for a divorce. Domestic Relations law §230 requires a period of continuous...

Can I remove my wife from my health insurance?

Pre-filing of a divorce, you can do anything you want to do as you are a free citizen. However, once the action is filed and served, there is...

If you have a house before marriage , and a common property with your wife ....after divorce will wife get both properties ?

There are no straight answers to your question. Here's why. Divorce law consists of a patchwork of statutes that are a panic reaction to...

Can i just send my divorce papers to my husband in Florida to sign and send them back to me in new York

Not if you recently moved to New York. For new arrivals, New York's residency requirement is two years. Once you have resided here two years, then...

What is the proper way to be served a child support modification petition if it's done by certified mail?

Family Court Act §427(c) provides: service of a summons and petition under this section may be effected by mail alone to the last known address of...