Child Custody

When marriages end in divorce, it is an emotional time for those involved. Not only do they have to deal with the emotions swirling due to the end of their marriage, they may be nervous to enter into litigation. If couples can go through the process of mediation, this can be useful in helping them […]

One of the most difficult parts of any divorce that involves determining a child custody agreement. Often, before getting to the agreement, there is a dispute simply because neither parent wants to give up parenting time with their child. It can be devastating for a parent to face the reality of spending significantly less time […]

Parents who are custody of a child in New York State will have to handle a number of different problems that come up throughout the course of co-parenting their child. One of the most difficult matters for parents to handle is when the custodial parent wants to move with the child to a location that […]

In New York, there are two types of physical custody, joint and sole custody. When the court determines that both parents are suitable to have custody of a child, they will award joint custody. Typically in a joint custody agreement, one parent has slightly more parenting time than the other. The parent that spends more time […]

One of the most difficult matters that must be addressed in divorces where the couple has children is that of custody. The mere concept of not being able to spend as much time with a child as a parent once did can be overwhelming and devastating. Making a custody arrangement is life-changing for the entire […]