Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren face many practical, legal issues. Grandchildren who live with grandparents for periods of time are impacted on by a variety of the laws in the State of New York. Issues involving custody, visitation with the parents, who has custody of the grandchildren long term, where the grandchildren go to … [Read more...]
Parenting After Divorce
You just went through a divorce. Your marriage is over. You have 2 children and those children have a mother and father who are now not living together, and they are going their separate ways. How do you help the children cope with the change in their life circumstances? The answer is to cooperate and co-parent. Co-Parenting After … [Read more...]
Hiring the Right Divorce Attorney
Obtaining a divorce involves making one's way through the legal process. The best way to navigate through the divorce process is to have the right divorce lawyer. The Right Divorce Lawyer Is your divorce simple or complicated? Do you have children and custody issues related to the children? Do you have significant assets or virtually … [Read more...]
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Eliminates Credit Card Debt
The filing of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy will usually eliminate all of a debtor’s credit card debt. In addition, it also eliminates other non-secured debts such as personal loans, debts to doctors, hospitals and other individuals and banks. The Bankruptcy Case The filing of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy requires the submission of a Bankruptcy Petition, … [Read more...]
Defective Mortgages
If you utilized a mortgage broker when you obtained your mortgage he or she was supposed to set up a realistic plan with regard to obtaining the funds to purchase your home. The plan was supposed to be related to your income and in theory was supposed to be related to your financial ability to make mortgage payments. However, in some situations … [Read more...]
Ignoring a Foreclosure Action: This is usually a bad idea!
Some homeowners when facing foreclosure bury their heads in the sand. They find the issue of losing their home so depressing they simply wish to remove it from their minds and therefore they just ignore it. Eventually the homeowners will receive other documents from lawyers soliciting them to represent them in foreclosure or they will receive … [Read more...]
Behind on your Mortgage and Threatened with Foreclosure What do you do?
Financial institutions generally do not move forward with foreclosure lawsuits until the homeowner is 3 months behind on their mortgage payments. So if you are only 1 or 2 months behind as long as you catch up and don't fall the magic 3 months behind, generally speaking your financial institution will not put you into foreclosure. However, when … [Read more...]
VIDEO: New York’s New Criminal Record Sealing Law
In this video Elliot talks about New York's new criminal record sealing law. … [Read more...]
What Should a Parenting Plan Include
I've heard that good marriages are made in heaven and bad marriages are made on earth. Whether a marriage or a relationship is good or bad children should not be made to suffer when the relationship ends. Children benefit from having relationships with both parents. However, there can be bumps in the road in working out details related to the … [Read more...]
Representing Yourself in Family Court: Usually a Bad Idea!
Our law office has been representing men and women in the Family Courts in the Metropolitan New York area for 45 years. We have participated in scores of cases where our clients have initially tried to represent themselves. They usually retain our law office after they failed in their attempts to represent themselves in Family Court. They come … [Read more...]
