Q: Wife appears to be given job offer to be head of an elementary school in PA. Family live in NY. She has made the ultimatum, if she gets the job, she has paying job, and school for the children to attend, plus she can live with her parents until …whenever. Husband is not necessarily unemployed, but employed on commission…Read More
Q: If one spouse does not truthfully show his earnings can I bring that before the judge? If the person has annuity money left from a dead family member can the other spouse collect on this? What if there is a accident during a marriage and the spouse was able to collect money (whether the child has the accident or…Read More
Q: The father of my child migrated from Jamaica last year Oct and got married to a US citizen. He refuses to take care of his child. What can I do from here? At times i don’t feel like reaching out to him because he doesn’t even try but it is really hard at times being a single mom and…Read More
Q: house, car, and child are involved. currently paying child support no alimony do not want the house or car, just want to get divorced. A: David’s Answer: You don’t need for your spouse to sign the papers – you merely need to serve him/her & then the ball is in their court to respond. If s/he doesn’t, you may proceed…Read More
Q: Neighbor above us running/jumping child & father. Tried friendly approach to no avail. They continually called police falsely alleging noise between 1-2 am for almost 2 months. Our special needs toddler developed night terrors, now doing double counseling. During a visit from my sons school false allegation 2 arrived by way of animal control. Social worker was in my…Read More
Q: My spouse was married in a same sex ceremony in the late 1990s by a preacher in New York City. I found this out in May. We are now separating and I want to know if gay marriages prior to legalization are retroactively recognized. A: David’s Answer: You would’ve needed to apply for & have received a marriage license…Read More
Q: We both have been seeing a mediator attorney to draft a settlement agreement since Feb. In May, she moved about $65,000 via Electronic Fund Transfer, she admitted, to her family. I do not approve of this. She is also paying for future college costs (her college) in advance. She currently controls much more money than I do. Do I…Read More
Q: My spouse and I are in the process of going our separate ways. For my financial security and peace of mind we’ve discussed and agreed on a plan to assume equal responsibility for outstanding debt. Payment details have been specified in a written document for which we intend to sign two respective copies. Does this in effect represent and…Read More
Q: My daughters father never brings his W-2 to court, he brings his pay stubs. The problem is that he makes arrangements with his job to have them pay him half of his pay off the books. He does this when he receives notice from the court for childsupport. So on the court day it appears that he doesnt make…Read More
Q: My former suppose and I agreed in settlement that we will both purchase and keep life insurance policies on which our kids will be beneficiaries, and my ex will be an owner of my policy and I will be an owner of his policy. My ex policy is a group policy owned by the company so they can’t add…Read More
