Q: If she moves it will affect my ability to run my business as it will be impossible to pick up and drop off my two boys at school. She is going to tell the court I smoke marijuana. I do but never when with or around the kids. I never have. Will they test me with...
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How do I get my to ex honor agreement to pay college expenses for our child?
Q: In addition to child support, our divorce decree requires we split our child's college expenses (tuition, r&b, fees, etc) 50-50. This year our child asked to live in an apt off-campus. In a lengthy and detailed email to my ex, I proposed that for this year, he...
I am a stay at home mom of two kids and am considering divorce, but how can we move out of state?
Q: I am a stay at home mom of two kids (2&3 yrs old). I am unhappy in my marriage and am considering divorce, but would like to move to CA where I have familial support. We currently live in Westchester County, NY, and I have no family or strong support system...
I am currently married, and working towards a divorce. We have nothing on paper yet but she has blocked me from seeing my kids.
Q: I am currently married, and working towards a divorce. We have nothing on paper yet but she has blocked me from seeing. A: You have a right to file a petition for visitation in Family Court. You may also file on the issue within the divorce case (often your better...
Can child support take out money from a weekly check from a 1099 employee?
Q: Can child-support take money from a weekly check and the employee that’s on child support files for a 1099. A: It should still be accepted, but the entity may also require an an "income deduction order" to be signed by the Magistrate. If so, you can always ask SCU...
Is it too late to change my petition?
Q: I filed a petition in family court for custody with visitation back in February. This was my first time going and I had not real clue as to how to complete one, meaning what I should put in the petition. A friend said keep it short and to the point. But many...
What is the difference?
Q: The children have a court appointed attorney. However a forensic eval was suggested to me. What is the difference between the court appointed attorney and the evaluator? What will the court appointed attorney do? Should I let my children know someone will be...
What can I do about the calls, is this a form of harassment?
Q: My ex and I our going through a custody battle. He talks to the children daily. Their are times that I have to end the calls because his intentions are not good. He will speak about me to them in a negative manner, undermine my parenting, tell them I am bad and...
What steps can I take, I don’t want his money I just want him to spend time with his son ?
Q: So I really messed up, I did a lot of bad and crazy things but I never thought that he would take it out on our child. We were never married, according to him we were never in a relationship, just friends that occasionally messed around. I told him that I was...
Do visitation papers ever expire, or have to be renewed?
Q: The father has visitation rights through court. The child does not want to see him anymore because he has gotten violent towards her. The court papers are over ten years old, and we never went back to court. We just continued the schedule on our own. He will not...
