In a recent case before Judge John Hunt, who sits in the Family Court in Queens County, applications for orders of protection were initiated. Judge John Hunt found the parties had been involved in an intimate relationship. They had one child together. Each of the parties had filed many petitions for orders of protection against each other over a … [Read more...]
Custody: Who Is The Parent?
There has been an unusual, and highly publicized case in Kentucky. This case involves a nine year old girl. She uses the middle and last name of a woman who is not biologically related to her. She lived with this woman and the woman's partner until she was four years of age. The girl's biological mother became pregnant in 2006. The father was a … [Read more...]
Dealing With Parental Alienation Problems – Part II
Fighting Parental Alienation The best way to deal with a situation involving parental alienation is for the alienated parent to take immediate legal action to ask for either a change in custody, an order enforcing visitation, an order of protection, and/or other legal remedies. The longer the parental alienation is allowed to go unrestrained, the … [Read more...]
Dealing With Parental Alienation Problems – Part I
In divorce and Family Court litigation involving custody and spending parenting time with children, sometimes one parent seeks to alienate the children from the other. God gives each child two parents. A parent who estranges the children from the other parent for selfish, inappropriate and/or vindictive purposes, doesn't understand the damage they … [Read more...]
Child Removal Proceedings by Child Protective Services – Part II
Levels of Proof In proceedings brought in the Family Court by CPS, the level of proof necessary to establish child abuse or child neglect is minimal. The formal rules of evidence which apply in other courts do not apply here. CPS workers can present hearsay evidence from third parties. They can present statements from three year olds or four … [Read more...]
Child Removal Proceedings by Child Protective Services – Part I
Child Protective Services (hereinafter referred to as "CPS"), provides an important public service by protecting innocent children from difficult circumstances. We applaud CPS workers for protecting children from violence, negligence and inappropriate circumstances. This article, however, is about CPS workers threatening to remove or removing … [Read more...]
Child Protective Services and Mandatory Reporters
The purpose of this article is to provide a discussion on how innocent parents can sometimes fall into the net of Child Protective Services' (hereinafter referred to as "CPS") and the Administration for Children's Services (hereinafter referred to as "ACS") investigations even when they have done nothing wrong. Mandatory Reporters The laws in … [Read more...]
Child Custody Litigation
Watch today's video blog on the topic of Child Custody Litigation: Elliot S. Schlissel is a divorce attorney representing clients for more than 45 years. He and his associates handle all aspects of family law child custody proceedings, and divorce litigation in both the Supreme Court and the Family Court. Elliot can be reached for … [Read more...]
Wife Ordered to Produce Facebook Data in Custody Case
Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Ecker sitting in Westchester County recently ordered a wife in a custody dispute to turn over four years worth of her Facebook postings. The purpose of turning over the documents was to determine how much time she had spent with her child during the prior four years. Justice Ecker took this action because the wife had … [Read more...]
Marriage and Divorce Attitudes of Americans
Watch today's video blog where we will be talking about the Marriage and Divorce Attitudes of Americans: Elliot S. Schlissel is a family law attorney with more than 45 years of experience representing clients in all types of family law matters. He and his associates can be reached for consultation at 516-561-6645, 718-350-2802 or by email … [Read more...]