Courts approve the amount of child support a parent must pay. Parents can determine this amount, or a court will do it for them. In New York, courts come up with this amount by following the Child Support Standards Act. This provision has a formula that considers the number ...
Supreme Court Prohibits Mother From Travelling to Japan Pending Divorce Action
At the Virdone Law Firm, P.C., we recently represented a father whose soon to be ex-wife and plaintiff was a Japanese citizen. Our client, the father, ...
An appeals court in New York determined that a family court now has the ability to grant custody to parents who have been banned from contacting their ...
Determining Home State Jurisdiction in Child Custody Cases
The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA) governs the jurisdiction of state courts' to make and modify any "child custody ...