Parenting Plans
One of the more emotional aspects of divorce is deciding how you will share parenting.
We know you need to keep your feelings together in front of your kids, but that you might not be sure how to do that, and that you have to find ways to talk to them about divorce, so they trust you.
You might be really mad at your spouse or feel sad about how he or she treats you. These aspects of divorce can cloud your ability to present a strong face to your children and might make divorce mediation or litigation difficult.
Our office is your voice when you need to figure out a parenting plan. We are advocates for your position—we strike the right balance between aggression and compromise, so that your children’s best interests are served.
Custody and visitation
Child custody and visitation in New York occurs on a basis of what suits the children’s best interests. This can be a difficult thing to prove, because there is no objective or solid legal definition for this term.
That’s why it’s so important to work with an attorney who can provide convincing evidence. Our office works with mental health professionals and other people who can be helpful in establishing your role and proving what’s best for your minor children.
Favorable results
We’ve successfully resolved many difficult cases in the past:
Client A, who resided in N.Y., Paris, and England, had to fight alienation of his two sons by his wife, who resided in New York, aided by a noted New York psychiatrist. The first trial lasted 40 days. Our client regained custody of the children. We prevailed on two appeals and a modification trial.
Client B was seeking a change of custody of his son in Rockland County. The Rockland County judge expressed a great deal of respect for the psychiatrist that he appointed to examine the parties and render an opinion concerning custody. The psychiatrist rendered a lengthy report and testified against our client. Based upon our cross-examination of the psychiatrist and our presentation of our own expert witnesses, the court ruled in our clients' favor and gained custody of his child to him.
Client C was married to a CFO and shareholder of a major accounting and consulting firm. The husband refused to produce records, thereby frustrating the efforts of the court-appointed expert to determine the value of the husband's business interests for equitable distribution purposes. We sought and obtained an order directing the expert to draw inferences as necessary against the husband in order to produce valuations to be used by the court to determine the division of assets and to preclude the husband from offering any affirmative evidence in support of his position. Based upon the ruling, the court accepted the determinations of the expert and awarded the wife a multi million-dollar equitable distribution.
In subsequent post-judgment proceedings to collect the remaining amounts due under the equitable distribution award, we represented the client in an action against certain family members, entities, and the attorneys of the husband based upon fraudulent conveyances. Following a jury trial, the wife was awarded judgment against the family and the attorneys, including an award of punitive damages.
Please visit with us to talk about how we may be able to obtain favorable results for you.
Child support
Child support in New York is determined by income and the number of children for which the parents are responsible as well as the reasonable and actual needs of the children.
There are limited circumstances upon which a court will modify child support entered upon agreement or after trial, such as changes in access and/or substantial changes in income.
Our office is able to help you with all sorts of child support arrangements and parenting plans. Please contact us for help.
