Where the 1970s saw couples getting married for romantic notions-eight out of 10 people were married by the time they were thirty-years-old. Today, the reasons couples tie the knot have changed, as practicalities have entered the picture. With the same percentage of...
Month: August 2017
Communicating to ensure kids smooth return back to school
The end of a marriage requires many adjustments and concerns to address. For parents who have gone through a divorce over the summer, ensuring their child is dealing well emotionally is perhaps the biggest concern. This may be why the beginning of the new school year...
Wages can be garnished to enforce child support order
While a couple is married in New York, as in other states across the country, both parents contribute to the child's upbringing This includes education, healthcare and other financial needs. However, when the couple divorces and one parent is given primary custody of...
What is the difference between physical and legal custody?
Understanding family law is difficult. When one is right in the middle of a family law issue, he or she will likely find the whole process overwhelming and complicated. Though some legal terms are commonly used, their legal meaning is not clear to a layperson, and...
Re-evaluating parenting plans for the school year
As we head into the home stretch of summer before school begins again in Utica next month, it's a good idea for divorced parents to review their school year co-parenting schedule.This is relevant because kids go through a lot of changes in the three months that they...
What might count as ‘income’ for child support purposes?
As previous posts on this blog have discussed, parents in New York who are living in separate homes and subject to a paternity or divorce order will have to address issues related to the financial wellbeing of their children. A parent will likely either receive or pay...