The short answer is yes, if the best interests of the children suggests different parents should have custody, as the recent Long Island case summarized below illustrates. Child custody battles everywhere, as in Nassau County, New York can be extremely difficult, both for the parents and for the children. If a couple is…
The law in New York is that a non-biological, non-adoptive parent does not have standing to proceed in a court for custody or parenting time. There is, however, a statute that allows grandparents standing to petition for custody and visitation under certain circumstances, which I have previously blogged about. In…
An Overview of Private Placement Adoption in New York Adoptions take place when one or two people take another individual (generally a child) to be their own child. When someone chooses to legally adopt a child, they will have all of the responsibilities and rights of a natural payment, and…
Parenting time or visitation schedules vary from family to family. For the most part, the term visitation has been replaced by the term parenting time but both are still used. Parenting time or visitation schedules detail when either parent spends time with their children. First in this article, I will…