Long Island Divorce Blog: Child Support and Custody
by Fred on February 4, 2012
- Live-in Parents and In-Laws -- Long Island Divorce Mediation I had a couple come in to see me a couple of days ago to negotiate a separation. They appeared to be in agreement about most of the major issues and it did not look to be a complicated set of problems to resolve. However, they kept beating about the bush...
- Holidays and Divorce -- Long Island Divorce Mediation Christmas is a week away. Hanukkah is right now. Families are gathering to celebrate their most intimate times as a family. Your marriage may not be in the best of shape; you wouldn't be on this site if it were. But your children don't need to be exposed ...
- Court holds that Parents Could Not Agree to Stop Child Support for Minor The Appellate Division in Manhattan has ruled that parents cannot agree in a separation agreement to a definition of emancipation of a child that is narrower than that provided by the New York state statutes. In Thomas B. v. Lydia D, the parents had agree...
- Can I keep the House until the children are grown? Part 2 My previous post discussed the issue of staying in the house while young children are growing up. This post is a continuation of that discussion.
Often, one or both parents believe very strongly that the children should be able to stay in "their" home ...
- Can I keep the House until the Children are Grown? Part 1 A couple came in today to consult about going the divorce mediation rather than the litigation route. The major issue on the wife's mind was this: how could she stay in the house? It was not clear what the husband was thinking on this issue; he had come t...
- Child Support Cap Increased by Legislature As you may know, the Child Support Standards Act, as it is embodied in the Family Court Act and the Domestic Relations Law, provides a dollar cap in calculating child support, above which a judge can only vary from the provided formula far calculating chi...
