After the first no fault divorce trial in New York, a Long Island court found that the parties’ marriage had irretrievably broken down and the wife was granted a divorce. In July, the same Supreme Court judge ruled that the mere allegation in the complaint that the parties’ marriage had irretrievably broken down did not...
Obtaining an order requiring the payment of child support is only half the battle; actually collecting child support is entirely another story. Lawyers.com details that: According to the latest comprehensive child support numbers from the US Census Bureau, only 41.2 percent of custodial parents receive the full amount of support owed them by their ex-spouses....
DivorceWhy Mediate Your New York Divorce?
January 16, 2012
Divorce Mediation can be an effective alternative to litigating a divorce in court. Rather than being adversaries in a courtroom, mediation allows you and your spouse to be engaged decision-making partners in resolving your divorce. Divorce mediation allows you and your spouse, with the assistance of a neutral mediator, to structure a settlement that resolves...
Some parents just do not get it; interfere with the other parent’s visitation or attempt to alienate the child from the other parent and risk losing custody of your children. In Barrington v. Barrington, a mother was not satisfied with sharing joint custody of her children. Instead, as the court found at trial: the mother...
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