Monthly Archives: September 2023
How Family Courts Fail Domestic Violence Victims in Child Custody
Custody and visitation when one parent has an established history of domestic violence New York, like a number of other states, simply weighs whether there has been a history of domestic violence in the family when weighing a number of factors in deciding what is in the best interest of the child when it… Read More »
Child Support for Domestic Violence Victims in New York
August has been designated Child Support Awareness Month here in New York. To that end, the state recently announced that it is committed to making the child support process safer for domestic violence survivors: State agencies are coordinating a federally funded pilot program, the Safe Access for Victims’ Economic Security (“SAVES”), which, in part,… Read More »
When A Child Custody Case Is Against the City
One mother’s case made headlines in early September after she won her case against the city of New York, which had taken custody of her baby over her legal use of marijuana. The case against the city’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is the first one to hold the agency accountable for violating provisions… Read More »
Birdnesting After Divorce: What It Involves
Birdnesting is an unconventional arrangement, whereby divorcing couples with children taking turns living in the family home, often on a week-by-week basis, with the rest of the time typically spent in a rental or other family-owned property. Some couples find that setting up an arrangement like this helps their children adjust to the divorce… Read More »