There is a formula in New York contained in the law, commonly called the Child Support Standards Act, which is designed to provide a presumptive amount that a non-custodial parent should pay for child support. The policy behind the enactment of the statute was to attempt to provide standard amounts…
People that are considered family, by the law, have the ability to get orders of protection against other family members in New York Family Court (or New York Supreme Court while in a divorce) if a Family Offense has been committed by the person against whom the order of protection…
I have handled a lot of Long Island child custody and visitation (aka parenting time) cases, particularly in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, New York City and the surrounding areas. I will discuss below how custody cases are decided in the Family Court and Supreme Court in contested child custody litigation or,…
Each mediator has their own approach; therefore this blog entry is not intended to be a definitive map for divorce mediation in Long Island and surrounding areas. The purpose of this article is to be illustrative of how a typical mediation could proceed. A couple that is interested in getting…