You can not voluntarily terminate your parental rights. Your obligation for child support continues regardless of your relationship with the child, unless you can show parental alienation or emancipation. Termination of parental rights only exists by court order either in an adoption or neglect... View More

Regardless of when the property was purchased, the act of adding your spouse to the deed is called transmutation, thus making it marital property. This does not mean it would be divided equally, but equitably. The distribution percentage depends on the pre-marital credit you might be entitled to.... View More

A person can not go to jail simply for receiving child support under a valid child support order. However if the person lied under oath in court about where the child lives, whether the child was emancipated or if service of process was validly effectual, those are criminal perjury.

You need to enter the plea on the ticket and mail it in (keep a copy). You need to do this before the date on the ticket. You can bring it to the traffic agency and enter the plea there. Arguing you were going too fast in snow is not likely to be a winning argument however. You should speak to... View More

First of all it depends on the language in the prenuptial. Second, New York does not have "alimony". There is spousal maintenance. The formula is dependent on the length of the marriage as well as the respective incomes. A two year marriage will only have a very limited time frame for... View More

Support, both child and spousal, is dependent on your respective incomes. New York requires a non-custodian parent to pay child support until the child is 21 unless a child is independent. You need to speak to an attorney to determine your specific issues.

You can file for an uncontested divorce but you need to file the proper paperwork with the appropriate language. Also, a simple notary is insufficient. The agreement has to have an acknowledgement. You should hire an attorney to do the proper paperwork.

Accuse you of what? I assume there is no court order forbidding this. You are returning with the children. You are doing nothing "illegal" or "unethical". You are their parent. Unless your relatives are a danger to the children I see nothing wrong legally.

NY state does not have "alimony". It has spousal support or maintenance, which is limited and depends on the respective income and length of marriage. retirement accounts, including pensions, are property subject to equitable distribution. You may be entitled to a portion of the... View More

A gift to your spouse is not marital property even if given during the marriage unless it is comingled or transmuted. However, upon death, there are protections for a current spouse regardless of the will. New York has a "right of election" that allows a spouse to disregard the will and... View More

The most common reasons a person files under Chapter 13 is either they earn too much and therefore are ineligible under Chapter 7 or they are in arrears on their mortgage. If your earnings are below the mean test threshold then it may mean you are behind on your mortgage and want to keep your... View More

In a neglect case CPS usually requests an admission so as to try to start the Respondent to repair their relationship with the child through social services such as parenting classes, rehab or whatever is required depending on the accusations. You do not have to admit and can request a hearing.... View More

Nothing is "automatic". Do you have a court order granting you custody? Does it grant it to you, or to you and your spouse? If there is no court order then you do not have legal custody and should go to court to seek custody or guardianship, whichever is appropriate in your case. Talk... View More

In New York, child support terminates at 21. However, in most cases, the amount of support is determined by your income. Only where the court determines you are under-employed would the court deviate. Talk to a local attorney.

There are very specific grounds for an annulment (DRL 140). (a) Former husband or wife living (spouse is still married to another). (b) Party under age of consent.  (c) Party a mentally retarded person or mentally ill person.  (d) Physical incapacity.  (e) Consent by force, duress... View More

If there is a temporary order giving you custody, that should be sufficient to register the children in school. There is no final order as there is no divorce. You will need to file a motion to get the case in front of a Judge to get your divorce and final order if your husband will not sign the... View More

If the noncustodial parent does not abide by the court order of visitation, you can file to modify the visitation schedule. This must be substantial, however. Missing a few visits, especially if there is an valid excuse, might not be considered substantial enough to end visitations. This is very... View More

You do report Social security on schedule I and the means test but it does not count toward the means test result. Pension income gets reported on both and does count. Speak to an attorney to decide whether filing is beneficial.

A will must be prepared and executed in an exact way. The witnesses have to know what they are witnessing. When I do a will signing it is a formal ceremony and I ask certain questions of the testator and witnesses. If you do it properly then it should be ok. If you make any mistakes the entire... View More

Child support is required from the non custodial parent regardless of marital status or whether the parents ever lived together. If you are the father of the child you will be required to pay child support. Spousal support in New York, however, is only paid when there was a marriage. If you were... View More