PARENTAL ABDUCTION Several high profile cases in the past years have brought to light an alarming rise in the ever increasing problem of parental abduction. Oftentimes, a parent will threaten to remove the child from the country, and this chart, reproduced from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a division of the U.S. [...]
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How to Prevent Parental Abduction
Posted in Child Custody on August 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Caught in a “Web” of Lies
Posted in Child Custody on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite what one might think, a custody case is not an open forum for one party to take the floor and use that time to explain to the judge what a terrible person the other side is. Instead of highlighting his or her own strengths as a parent, the party instead uses the entire [...]
BRIBING A CHILD WITH A “NEW PUPPY” DOESN’T ALWAYS WORK
Posted in Child Alienation, Child Custody, Divorce, Family Law on January 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Child custody awards are never “final”. They may always be modified or changed, based upon the best interests of the child. Notice I didn’t say “needs” or “wants” of the child; I said “best interests of the child”. In the Westchester County Family Court, a mother sought to change the parties’ Judgment of Divorce which [...]
