When in need, you can invoke the Court’s P-P Power
Posted August 20th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
When Barbara was 15 years old, she had a child out of wedlock. The State of New York terminated Barbara’s parental rights, and put the child up for adoption. Unfortunately, four years later, the child was still in New York’s foster care system, a ward of the state, and had not been adopted by anybody. […]
Read MoreDon’t switch lawyers too hastily
Posted August 19th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Because child custody disputes are among the most contentious and emotional forms of litigation, parents often become dissatisfied with their lawyers and they switch counsel. Sometimes this is necessary, but often it is is not. The most common reasons for dissatisfaction with lawyers are (a) failure to return phone calls or to otherwise keep the […]
Read MoreDon’t allow your children to write to the judge.
Posted August 18th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Sometimes parents think they can improve their chances in a child custody case by having their children write letters to the judge. Not a good idea. First, whenever a judge receives correspondence from one of the parties, he’s required to share the document with all of the parties in the case. Many judges will simply […]
Read MoreBuild relationship between children and your new partner
Posted August 17th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
It goes without saying, but you should make every effort to develop a solid relationship between your children and your new spouse or “significant other.” Surprisingly, many child custody cases continue to be built around the children’s difficulty in dealing with another adult figure in the house. Bad relationships between children and stepparents can contaminate […]
Read MoreUse Case Management Orders to your strategic advantage.
Posted August 16th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
If you’re involved in a complex child custody case, or a protracted fight over visitation and parenting time rights, ask the court to enter a Case Management Order to supervise the progress of your case. A Case Management Order is an order that sets the deadlines for naming your witnesses, conducting pre-trial discovery, taking depositions, […]
Read MoreGet the other parent to admit all of their screw-ups
Posted August 15th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
One of the most frequently ignored tactics used in pre-trial discovery is known as a “Request for Admissions.” This device is used to get the other side to admit to certain things, which you can use to your advantage in a child custody case. A Request for Admissions is a written list of statements which […]
Read MorePrevent custody orders from being easily modified or appealed
Posted August 13th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
There really is no statute of limitations on a child custody case….as long as the child remains a child, that is. The question of custody and visitation rights remains subject to change until the child turns 18. Of course, this can be a major problem for the parent who is happy with the current custody […]
Read MoreRun a background check on other parent’s new partner
Posted August 12th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
People love to discredit the new boyfriend or the new girlfriend of their ex-wives and ex-husbands. New partners can never understand what he’s like or what she’s like. And new partners are always accused of being incompatible with the children. Rather than simply pointing fingers and quietly defaming each other, it is often useful to […]
Read MoreHow to Cross-Examine the witnesses against you.
Posted August 11th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
If you are representing yourself in Family Court, you may eventually be confronted by hostile or adverse witnesses who wish to testify against you. If the court permits the other parent to call his or her witnesses to testify, you will be given an opportunity to cross-examine those witnesses. Too often, that opportunity is squandered […]
Read MoreDon’t allow ping-pong visitation schedules
Posted August 10th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Kids don’t like to live out of suitcases. If your custody and visitation plan is so complicated that the children are constantly shuffling between their parent’s homes, they’ll soon resent both parents for subjecting them to the process. A visitation schedule that has children switching addresses like a ping-pong ball in constant movement ultimately does […]
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