By definition, non-consecutive means the weeks do not run together.

Poverty is no consideration when custody of a child is involved, and the young father must support his child under threat of jail. The mother is free to work or not work. However, if the mother goes on welfare – or what we know today as welfare after the Clinton administration – the department... Read more »

There are three penal statutes that proscribe exposure of “intimate” parts of a person:

Exposure of a Person (Penal Law Section 245.01),

Public Lewdness (Penal Law Section 245.00), AND

Public Lewdness in the First Degree (Penal Law Section 245.03).

Exposure of a... Read more »

Yes. However, by doing so, he will be responsible for child support for the child until the age of 21.

The asker should retain counsel. In the family court world, each subject area carries its own petition: visitation/custody, support, abuse, neglect, guardianship and so on. When the parties conflate custody and support in one agreement, they severely limit their ability to submit and give respect... Read more »

Religious marriages do not count as marriages unless the presiding minister/pastor/rabbi/imam is licensed by the state to marry people. Thus, if a rabbi/imam has the state licensure (as a judge or a clerk) to file marriage documents with the state, there is a valid civil marriage. Only civil... Read more »

The general idea is that no parent may share any court document with a minor. Courts consider this bad parenting and there can be sanctions awaiting the parent. However, such an act is but one factor for a court to consider when deciding an initial award of custody. Many courts don't know the... Read more »

First and foremost, going into any court anywhere without an attorney is a fool’s errand. The American court system is highly constrained as we are a free people. However, a child support court is a court of policy – the support of kids as a response to the welfare problem. This narrow... Read more »

First and foremost, going into any court anywhere without an attorney is a fool’s errand. The American court system is highly constrained as we are a free people. However, a child support court is a court of policy – the support of kids as a response to the welfare problem. This narrow... Read more »

Your father will need to file a petition with the Family Court in the county in which you live. Your father could contact the court to have them send him the petition or get a copy online at the NY courts website. The Court will give more weight to your desire to live with your father if you are a... Read more »

Yes, you should definitely speak with an attorney. Your situation sounds complicated and you would need to give all the facts to an attorney, who can represent you. It sounds like there is way more going on here than you can type in the "Ask a Lawyer" section. However, to answer your... Read more »

You didn't make it clear if there is a custody order. If there is such an order, the order controls until it is changed by the court. If you have custody and you voluntarily allowed your daughter to live with the father for a period of time and then picked up your daughter, you cannot be... Read more »

The new attorney will get the full file from the old attorney and the attorneys can discuss the case and the plan the original attorney had so there should be no problem

The asker should file in New York. An eastern European proceeding will be challenged by the mother as having been created of fraud. That gives an American court an easy out not to enforce the foreign order and all the proceedings that led up to an order to include a paternity test.

The... Read more »

I assume you are referring to an 18-B lawyer, a private attorney who is assigned by the court to represent you as an indigent person. These lawyers get paid by the county and very little, on these assigned cases and will naturally spend more time on privately retained cases where they make 4 to 5... Read more »

The answer the asker wants to hear is that her fiance can sign the newborn's birth certificate, and such an answer is certainly possible. The government has no idea whose DNA is in the newborn, and the only record of who the father is can be found in the birth certificate which is always... Read more »

Yes, you can. You are entitled to receive support from both parents.

You should be represented by an attorney in the matter. If you cannot afford one, you can apply to have an attorney to represent you.

If an uncontested is fully filed then an RJI would likely already be filed. A Judgment can not be signed unless an RJI is filed.

Your father’s children are entitled to 1/3 of your grandmother’s estate. The will should have appointed an executor(s) to handle the distribution of the property. You should speak to a lawyer.