In a recent case decided by the Suffolk County Supreme County on December 5, 2016, our firm successfully represented the Plaintiff in an action to set aside a prenuptial agreement. A prenuptial agreement is a contract, and under New York law there is a presumption of validity. Parties are generally free to enter into private […]
Premarital agreements ( prenup ) are governed by state law. Therefore, the law of the state in which the spouses reside determines what may and may not be included in a premarital agreement. While the law varies by state, there are a few generally applicable rules regarding what spouses may not agree to in a […]
The purpose of this discussion is to explain how the courts look at shared custody and payment of child support. Initially, we are going to define shared custody as a child or children spending equal time with each parent. That is to be contrasted with the legal term of joint custody, which refers to joint […]
A relatively commonplace issue arises when a custodial parent moves to New York, but has obtained an Order of child support in the State from which that parent has relocated. Now, assume that the noncustodial parent, the parent paying child support remained in that State. Unfortunately, the parent paying support, sometimes stops paying his or […]