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Published on: September 1, 2012

Court Rules on Petition to Relocate Child

by Stephen Bilkis

This is a case where the court granted defendant mother’s motion for relocation to North Carolina with her ten year old daughter alleging that the circumstances have changed.

Because her parents’ marriage had failed even before she was conceived, the subject child has been raised by her mother since birth. The defendant is and has always been a good and devoted mother to the child.

A New York Family Lawyer said the child’s mother had struggled to make ends meet in New York, taking on as many as three jobs at once while attempting to make a home for her child. For most of her life in New York, the child lived in a home consisted of a shared room with her mother in a house owned and occupied by another family. Due to the damage to the house, mother and child were forced to move into a home with the child’s maternal aunt where living conditions were cramped and crowded.

Published on: July 21, 2012

Court Discusses Custody Decision

by Stephen Bilkis

In order for a court to modify any order previously enacted by that court or another, the petitioner/complainant is responsible to demonstrate that there has been a significant change in circumstances that would warrant the court to take action to modify the agreement. A significant change is something more than just a desire to change the circumstances of the decree. For instance, if a custodial parent is arrested, it may be important to modify the elements of the decree to change the primary custody location to the non-custodial parent who is not incarcerated.

A New York Family Lawyer said there are many situations that can provoke a change in the circumstances enough to warrant a finding to change the decree. The most common changes are those in residences. When two parents share custody of a child and they both reside in close proximity, things usually go fairly smoothly. However, if one of those parents move to a different state, the other parent is likely to file for a change in the original decree based on a significant change in circumstances. Sharing custody of a child locally is easy. Sharing custody of a child from different states can often pose a financial hardship to the parents involved in a significant manner. It then falls to the court to determine what if any changes need to be made to the original divorce decree to accommodate the changes in life situations.

When a custodial parent loses a job and source of income so that they are unable or unwilling to support the child on their own, the family may resort to a change in the custody arrangement through the court system in order for the child to reside with the parent who is most capable of caring for them. Severe illness of one parent can also be taken into consideration as a change of situation significant enough to cause the court to act on changing the original court ordered decree.

Published on: September 21, 2011

Christie Brinkley Divorced

by Stephen Bilkis

Christie Brinkley, known for her beauty, is starting to set records for failed marriages. She has announced her separation from her fourth and current husband. A NYC Family Lawyer is constantly involved in these high profile cases. Billy Joel was number two and she and Billy had a daughter together.

After a decade of marital bliss, Brinkley is calling it quits with Peter Cooke. She has a daughter with Cooke, and a son with Richard Taubman who was husband number three. Attorneys in Queens and Staten Island study these cases in case one comes their way.

Taubman made out well when the couple split. He was paid a couple of million to leave the marriage quietly and go on his way. the marriage only lasted 10 months. As for Billy Joel, he was also coming off a failed marriage when he met and married “The Uptown Girl.” He is married again to Katie Lee and that one is still going.

Published on: July 17, 2011

Missing boy found after a two-month search

by Stephen Bilkis

An 11-year-old boy, who had been missing for two months according to his mother, was finally found with his father after a long search by authorities.

A N York Family Attorney said the boy had been visiting his father on his usual weekend when his father took him for fear of being arrested. The mother and father have had joint custody since their divorce a year ago.

The New York Family Lawyer went on to explain the man had allegedly not been following all of his divorce stipulations. On the weekend he had his son, he learned there was a warrant out for his arrest. The man reportedly sped away in his car with the boy when he saw a deputy nearby.

Published on: February 28, 2011

Men Face Discrimination in Major Law Firms

by Stephen Bilkis

Being discriminated against is non gender specific, meaning that it can happen to any of us, male and female, regardless of gender, trans gender or sexual orientation, says a New York Family Lawyer who has been paying attention to the recent discrimination charges going up against large law firms for stereotyping males into a macho, robotic role into which their professional careers were expected to follow and their personal affairs were expected to meld.

When familial duties required these men to assume the nurturing, care giving role in the family and dad took paternity leave to take care of the babies, the executives were much less than supportive of that decision. These men lost their jobs because they needed to take care of their children at a time when the mother couldn’t be there or needed help. In one instance, mother and children all needed the care due to mental illness. Why did these men lose their jobs and is this discrimination? The New York Family Lawyer reports that discrimination really is at a manageable level across the board, but unfortunately some instances still sift through the sieve.

It has become infinitely better than it was in the past to win cases of discrimination like these, according to the New York Family Lawyer, which is good news for us all. Unless sweeping changes are made in the ways that we view work and family is supported, there will be sore spots in society and none of us are really immune to discrimination. Our best bet is to try as hard as we can not to harbor discrimination within ourselves, which proves to be a good first step in reducing it.

Published on: September 27, 2010

Woods’ Mistress gets son for Christmas says a NYC Family Lawyer

by Stephen Bilkis

Cori Rist, one of Tiger Woods reported mistresses was ecstatic to hear Manhattan Court’s Judge Gloria Sosa-Lintner’s ruling as she gave Rist the okay to take her son with her to Ohio for the holidays. The judge ordered that “Neither party speak disparagingly of each other to the child” “No corporal punishment of any kind.” A New York Family Lawyer report these things.

In New York visitation is very similar to custody the most important factor is what is in the best interest of the child. There are different types of visitation schedules and many different ways to determine how the schedule is made.

Firms handled all concepts of Family Law including visitation cases. Each New York Family Lawyer is patient and experienced in handling the complex issues that arise while trying to raise children with court intervention.

Published on: September 11, 2010

Brad Pitt Claims Divorce With Jen Was Not The Horror The Media Reported- A New York Family Lawyer Can Help You

by Stephen Bilkis

Brad Pitt says that his affair with his current wife, Angelina Jolie, while he was married to Jennifer Aniston, was not as lurid as the media reported. In fact, he says that he is still in touch with his ex and talks to her on a regular basis.

Pitt says that the affair was a creation of the media in that they portrayed it to be some betrayal of Aniston. The truth, says the star of “Benjamin Button,” is that he was separated from Jennifer when he met Jolie on the set of the movie, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” which they worked on together as co-stars.

The presence of a New York Family Lawyer in a divorce case can help to bring about an amicable settlement to the situation. If there are children involved, a New York Family Lawyer can help you reach a fair arrangement in terms of support and visitation. The same is true if custody issues are involved. If no child neglect or child abuse is alleged, there will be no need for an order of protection.