On June 30, 2010, Petitioner filed an Illegal Lockout proceeding by order to show cause in lieu of notice of petition, alleging that on May 5, 2010, his wife, Respondent had illegally locked him out of their apartment located at 1880 Valentine Avenue, Bronx, New York. Neither party appeared on…
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Mother Petitions Court for Relocation
The parties were married in January 2004, separated about a year and a half later and were divorced on July 13, 2006. They are the parents of a now six-year-old boy born on May 17, 2004. A New York Family Lawyer said the stipulation settling the divorce case granted the…
Court Determines if Abused Mother Leaving Home Affects Child Custody
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 Orders Psychiatric Counseling for Both Parents
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…
Young Mother Faces Neglect Charges
A neglect complaint was filed against a 16 years old mother alleging that she left her child with her mother and other unknown individuals without making adequate provisions for her care. There were also allegations of poor hygiene and medical neglect with respect to a serious diaper rash. The 16…
Court Decides that Family Court and Criminal Court have Concurrent Jurisdiction
A woman filed divorce action against her husband on the ground of abuse. A New York Family Lawyer said the Court issued a decree of divorce and gave the custody of their son to the woman. An Order of Protection was made permanent by the Court; the husband was ordered…
Court Decides if Puerto Rican Custody Order can be Upheld in New York
A Puerto Rican couple married while they were citizens and residents of Puerto Rico. They had one son. The marriage was acrimonious. A New York Family Lawyer said the husband physically abused the wife and threatened her life. He threw out the woman from their conjugal home. The woman escaped…
Court Discusses Concept of Permanent Neglect
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…
Respondent Claims Due Process Rights Were Violated
In this custody proceeding, a New York Family Lawyer said that, the Family Court, Bronx, awarded petitioner mother sole physical and legal custody of the parties’ child dismissed respondent father’s petitions based on violations of temporary orders of visitation, denied respondent’s second motion to dismiss the child custody petition, and…
Children Placed in Foster Care
A woman who was high on drugs found herself married to a man she hardly knew. She never lived with that man she married and she never even had sexual relations with him to her knowledge. A New York Family Lawyer he tried to divorce him in the days that…