The issues in this book are those that are of the most importance to any separated or divorced parent. Learn the laws about custody and visitation in New York and find out how to get what you are entitled to. Child support is a very important issue and the book explains how to ask for it, defend against it, have it modified and collect it. Courtroom procedures are explained in detail as the book takes you through all of the steps involved in each kind of case. You will be introduced to all of the personnel you will deal with and learn how to speak and act in a courtroom. The book explains how to gather and organize evidence and present your case. All the forms you need are included. The extensive appendices offer resources, relevant laws, lists of contact people and information on free legal assistance. This book is a complete handbook for anyone facing a custody or support case in NY.
Are you having trouble collecting child support? Do you want to get custody of your children? Do you want to seek child support but don’t know how? The answers to your questions lie in this book.
Whether you are divorced, still married and can’t afford a divorce right now or have never been married to the other parent of your children, this book will tell you how to get or modify custody or visitation of your children and how to ask for, defend against, modify and enforce child support. The book contains all the forms you need with easy to follow explanations and also helps guide you through New York’s Family Court. The book contains extensive appendices that give you important information such as lists of supervised visitation programs, local bar associations, legal aid association and family courts, charts to help you easily determine child support, and resources to help you cope.
The book explains in simple language:
- getting custody or visitation in NY
- understanding NY court procedure
- modifying a custody, visitation, or support order
- taking action in case of parental kidnapping or abuse
- finding an attorney, even when you cannot afford one
- working with an attorney
- gathering, organizing, and presenting evidence
- testifying and calling witnesses
- defending a child support case
- understanding child support calculations in NY
- finding and understanding NY law
- filing a custody suit and presenting it in court
- determining paternity
- getting sole or joint custody
- collecting and enforcing overdue child support
- working with the judge and reaching settlements
- coping with it all
- dealing with interstate law if the other parent is out of state
Brette McWhorter Sember is a former NY attorney who focused her practice on family law. She was also a divorce and family law mediator, and a Law Guardian in three counties.
Copyright 2002
