The education that your children receive will play a major role in their future success. From the peers that they interact with to the courses that they take, what they experience in school will shape their personalities and determine their future opportunities. You...
How long do you have to pay child support in New York?
When you’re a parent, your divorce isn’t really over until your youngest child is an adult and on their own -- because every divorced parent has to (constantly) sort out issues of custody and support as their children’s needs change over the years. That’s why you...
The UIFSA and child support law
The UIFSA, or Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, was created to answer child support questions for unusual child support situations, such as when child support is agreed upon in one state but the child now lives in a different state. The UIFSA was adopted by the...
Including college expenses in a child support order
When children are ready to leave for college, quite a few parents expect them to be pretty self-sufficient or to have found ways to cover their expenses. It is normal for many university-bound young adults to need a little help, but are parents required to pay their...
An overview of child support modification in New York
Overall, child support orders are static in that they are put in place based on the situation at the time of the divorce. However, everyone knows that a situation can change quickly, for better or for worse. Once the final child support order has been established,...