If you are a victim of domestic violence, harassment, threats, stalking, or abuse in New York, you may be able to ask Family Court for an Order of Protection. An Order of Protection is a court order that can restrict the conduct of another person and help protect you, […]

How to File a Child Support Petition in New York Family Court Parents in New York have a legal obligation to financially support their children. This obligation applies whether the parents are married, divorced, separated, or were never married. In most cases, parents must support their children until the age […]

Divorce proceedings in New York generally fall into two categories: contested divorce and uncontested divorce. In a contested divorce, the spouses disagree on one or more important issues and have to litigate in Court. In an uncontested divorce, both spouses agree to end the marriage and have resolved all essential […]

In this challenging time of the COVID-19 public health emergency, we need to remind ourselves that life is still going on. Recently, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an Executive Order allowing people to get marriage licenses remotely and get married via video conference. As Governor Cuomo jokingly noted, there […]

 Child support orders in New York can sometimes be modified when circumstances change. A parent may lose a job, suffer a reduction in income, become disabled, experience business losses, have a significant change in financial circumstances, or believe that the existing child support order no longer reflects the child’s needs […]