A lot of fathers underestimate the value they have in a child’s life. Sometimes these thoughts are spurred by toxicity spewed by the child’s mother, which is sometimes even buttressed by the child’s own statements and behaviors when parental alienation occurs. In...
Family Law
Seeking a protection order in New York
In New York, if a person has been abused, harassed or threatened, they may want to seek a restraining order, also known as an Order of Protection. This order can prevent the abuser from contacting the victim or causing them additional harm. Process overview The first...
What can I do to financially plan for life post-divorce?
Although it’s an emotional process, divorce might also be the biggest financial transaction that you participate in during your lifetime. Property division, alimony, and child support can completely shift the dynamics of your financial well-being for decades to come....
What you need to know about a child custody evaluation
In an ideal world, you and your child’s other parent would come to an agreement on child custody, and you’d both be capable of effective co-parenting. But, as you know if you’re reading this post, we often live in a less-than-ideal world. That means that despite your...
Myths about fathers’ rights
If you are a father who is facing a child custody dispute in New York, you may have some questions and concerns about your rights. Unfortunately, some pervasive myths about fathers’ rights remain about fathers’ rights in child custody cases. Mothers always get custody...
What if you cannot afford to pay alimony?
When one person is ordered to pay alimony (also referred to as spousal support) to the other, it is expected to be paid on time and in full. However, as the past several years have shown, challenges can arise unexpectedly and many people can have unexpected issues...
Child support in New York
Divorce is a legal matter between two spouses. A child custody dispute involves the child as a third party, but it is essentially a legal argument between two parents. At first glance, child support might also seem to be a personal matter between the two parents, but...
The evolution of a father’s rights and shared custody
Images of a family are often equipped with a mother, father, daughter and son. And when that family is separated through divorce, the image changes to a mother with her children in the family home while the father is in a new home that the children visit sporadically....
Preparing for a child support dispute
New York residents who have children—whether through marriage or not—have a legal responsibility to care for those children. For some people, that means paying child support. Obviously, this can be a touchy legal issue, since it directly impacts a person’s finances. A...
Nesting could make co-parenting easier
For parents thinking about divorce or at the beginning stages, your primary concern is likely your children. How do you make this process as easy as possible on them? In recent years, one less-talked-about method is birdnesting or nesting. Birdnesting or nesting...