The subject children are two minor boys, born November 26, 2001, and, born August 1, 2005. After the birth of the first child, the mother moved, with him, to Florida. Thereafter, by stipulation dated October 27, 2003, the parties agreed to joint legal and residential child custody until the first…
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Court Determines if Respondent has Personal Jurisdiction
On December 6, 2010, Administration for Children’s Services (“ACS”) commenced the instant Family Court Act Article 10 abuse matter. A Bronx Order of Protection Lawyer said that, the Petition alleges the following: A personnel from the Police Department called in a report on November 24, 2010, alleging that the respondent…
Defendant Moves to have Order for Protection Vacated
This is a matter being heard in the Family Court of the City of New York in Bronx County. The petitioner in this case is Lloyd Grant. A New York Family Lawyer said the respondent of the case is Darlene Pugh. The respondent, Darlene Pugh has moved to have the…
Mother Accused of Neglecting Children
The natural parents, never married but lived together from 1967 to 1974, during which time three children were born. A New York Family Lawyer said that on August 1974, after many earlier criminal convictions, the natural father was convicted on drug charges and sentenced to prison for a two-year-to life…
Court Decides Custody Arrangment
A husband seeks custody of their two children from his wife who surreptitiously left the conjugal home in New York and took the children to Virginia where the wife’s relatives all lived. During the trial, the husband and the wife testified. A New York Family Lawyer said the mother-in-law of…
Court Considers Terminating Parental Rights
This is an appeal from an order of the Family Court, New York County, dismissing a petition brought by petitioner Hospital seeking (1) termination of the parental rights of respondent mother; (2) custody of the subject child; and (3) a declaration that the child was free for adoption, pursuant to…
Stepfather Seeks to Adopt Child
A man and a woman fell in love in 1976. They moved in together for five years. And their relationship produced a daughter. During this time, the couple used and dealt drugs. Both of them were apprehended and charged with possession of controlled substances. A New York Family Lawyer said…
Parent Seeks to Relocate Child
In this case, the parties were divorced by judgment dated February 13, 2003. The Appellant father appealed from the order of the Supreme Court, Queens County dated August 28, 2009, which granted the Respondent mother’s motion for permission to relocate to North Carolina with the parties’ child. A New York…
Father Seeks Full Custody of Child
Each party to these post-judgment proceedings seeks modification of the Judgment of Divorce from joint custody to sole custody. The issue in the father’s case is whether the mother’s allegation of sexual abuse of the child involving the father and her request of the Court to restrict his access to…
Mother Attempts to Get Children Out of Foster Care
This appeal, brought by an authorized agency under social services, seeks to entrust the guardianship and child custody of three children to the agency for the purpose of consenting the adoption to the foster mother. A New York Family Lawyer said the children came into a foster care following the…