No matter how long your marriage lasted, if your ex is a narcissist, you may have simply reached a point where you felt that you would rather be a single parent than stay in a toxic relationship. Many New York parents can relate to this scenario. Just as being married...
If you suffer injury in a New York workplace, you might need to take days or weeks off work to fully recover. Especially if you were involved in a motor vehicle collision, you might have suffered a broken bone or a brain injury or other severe condition. In a worse...
Filing for divorce in a New York court during your child’s summer break from school means that he or she will likely be going through an adjustment period when classes resume in the fall. Your child might have close friends outside of school who are already aware of...
If a New York police officer pulls you over, you might wind up dealing with a traffic court in the jurisdiction of the city, county or township where the stop took place. If you receive a ticket in New York City, the Traffic Violations Bureau will process it....
With few exceptions, most New York employers purchase workers’ compensation insurance to provide benefits to employees who suffer injuries on the job. If you are involved in a workplace accident that results in injuries, your employer’s insurance may cover your...
You might be one of many people in New York who owned a home before your wedding day. Then again, you and your spouse might have made an adventure of finding your dream house together and making a purchase after you had tied the knot. Whether it’s been less than 10...
If you suffer an injury on the job in New York, your top priority is, of course, to seek medical attention. If your injuries are minor, you might be back on the job after a few days of rest. A more severe injury, however, might cause you miss a substantial amount of...
Child custody is far and away the most contentious part of many divorces. Part of the difficulty is that the interaction with your child's other parent does not end once the judge signs the final divorce decree. You still have to interact with your ex-spouse until...
No matter the reason a couple decides that divorce is the best option for their futures, parents will still focus mainly on the continued growth and maturity of their children after the family has separated. From negotiations centered on property division to the...
New York has one of the lowest divorce rates in the United States. However, when divorces do happen, there are two areas that couples tend to get very testy about. The first is money; it's always hard to divide property. The second is child custody. No parent wants to...
