New York Family Law Blog

A man with not millions but billions of dollars is a little poorer and a child is a little richer, all this after a settlement was reached between the man, his ex-wife, and his "child," reports a New York Family Lawyer. The billionaire will pay a one time lump sum of ten million dollars and then make monthly payments of one hundred thousand dollars for at least the next seven years - after which he will continue paying the child fifty thousand dollars.

Oh, and the best part: the child is not his.

The mother has admitted that she faked the DNA results in an effort to secure money from the now ninety three year old billionaire, says a New York Family Lawyer. The woman and the billionaire had been romantically linked for years but had only been legally married for twenty eight days before divorcing.

It was always an odd case and one of Hollywood's most infamous, notes a New York Family Lawyer. The billionaire's attorney had been accused of ordering the ex-wife's phones tapped in an effort to glean more information - to dig up dirt, so to speak. Things went sour when the taps were discovered and the private eye who made the taps is currently in jail while the attorney is out on bail pending his appeal, reports a New York Family Lawyer.

In addition to paying millions of dollars to support a child that is not his, the billionaire has also agreed to pay for the child's educational expenses, food, cars, horse back riding lessons, clothing, tutoring, birthday parties, and more.

Child support payments can be difficult waters to navigate in a post-divorce settlement and a skilled New York Family Attorney is a must to help. If you find yourself in such a situation contact a New York Family Attorney today.

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She gave them life. She brought them into the world. For their entire lives she had watched over them, protected them, and sheltered them from the harsh world outside. And when the day came when she realized that she and her husband were no longer going to work out - when divorce became necessary - she knew she would do everything in her power to continue protecting her children, says a New York Family Lawyer. And in this case that meant acting as responsibly as possible, doing everything she could to ensure that the split between the parents would not harm the children.

She wanted to react out of emotion - understandable as she was in pain - but she knew that it was for the best if she didn't, so she made a conscious decision to be a positive influence on her children, notes a New York Family Lawyer. She and her ex-husband have 50/50 custody of the children and maintain a "family night" every Friday night.

Experts say that this form of divorce is becoming more common, reports a New York Family Lawyer. No, it isn't the norm but it might be some day. Parents are hiring collaborative attorneys, individuals who help all parties work through everything together. This eliminates the nasty throat cutting common in divorces. There is a commitment to communication, which focuses on making sure that the parents do not bad mouth one another in front of the children, notes a New York Family Lawyer. This eases tension and creates a harmonious environment.

Divorce can be messy but it doesn't have to be. A New York Family Attorney can make the process as painless and smooth as possible. If you're going through a divorce contact a New York Family Attorney today.

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In what must surely come as a shock to one and all - a surprise on the level of the Trojan horse itself - Jesse James (the ex husband of Oscar Winning Actress, and America's sweetheart, Sandra Bullock) had to stop his other ex-wife from having any contact with their children, said a New York Family Lawyer. James' other ex-wife is also an actress: an adult film star with numerous pornographic film credits to her name. James claims that the woman threatened to abduct the child. That was too much for James to handle and he cut off her court ordered visitation rights, reports a New York Family Lawyer. However, the two sides have since worked out a temporary deal where upon the woman would have a temporary visitation plan. The two sides will then meet again in court in a month to work out a more substantial and lasting plan, notes a New York Family Lawyer.

The two had a previous plan in place but it was modified by the court after the ex-wife/porn star was arrested on tax evasion charges and sentenced to jail, says a New York Family Lawyer.

James had a rather public breakup with Bullock after she believed he was unfaithful to her. He has since been romantically linked to tattoo artist Kat Von D, who stars on a reality show.

The ex-wife and porn star had sent an EMail to James' relatives begging them to help her abscond with the child, reports a New York Family Lawyer. She wanted to run away and spend the rest of her life with the child. James claims that the porn star has been harassing him and his family and everyone else she can and is unstable, says a New York Family Lawyer. He says that she has been contacting the child's school in an effort to cause a scene.

Custody battles over children are messy and emotional and often times require the skilled hand of a New York Family Attorney. If you find yourself in such a situation contact a New York Family Attorney immediately.

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More and more people aren't just living their life, they're living their life for all the world to see. From Myspace to Twitter to Facebook people are taking some of their most intimate moments and putting it out for everyone with a computer and some time to view, stare at, and digest, says a New York Family Lawyer. Some times these posting can be innocent and may cause some embarrassment in the morning but other times social networking website have lead to serious consequences. Lives have been lost, careers destroyed, and as one mother learned children taken away, reports a New York Family Lawyer.

But for the father of the child Facebook was a life saver. The father had serious suspicions that his ex-wife was not taking proper care of his child, reports a New York Family Lawyer. He long thought she was associating with people of low moral character and putting his child in a not safe at all environment. His only problem was he had no concrete proof. That is, he had no concrete proof until Facebook came along. The man hopped online and began surveying his ex-wife's Facebook profile webpage, says a New York Family Lawyer. He immediately had access to hundreds of photos, photos that showed the woman engaging in semi-nude public activity with another woman and hanging out with a man recklessly brandishing a semi automatic weapon.

The man was able to use this photos to convince a judge to drug test the woman. When she failed the test the man was awarded custody of his child. It is just one more example of how people living their lives online is changing the way people live their lives off line.

Navigating the waters of pre and post divorce relationships, particularly when children are involved, is difficult and tricky. Contacting a New York Family Attorney ensures your rights are protected.

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On screen, Charlie Sheen plays a sex crazed, drunk and out of control party animal - and as is often the case life imitates art. It reads like something out of one of Sheen's movies: passed out drunk in a hotel room next to a hooker with thousands upon thousands of dollars of damage having been done to the establishment, said a New York Family Lawyer. And right next door is your former wife! In a movie this is the part where hilarity would ensue but in real life Sheen ended up having the cops called on him, being booked for several crimes, and becoming late night television fodder.

Perhaps worst of all was the fact that not only was his former wife right across the hall but so too were his children, noted a New York Family Lawyer. Sheen and his ex-wife, Denis Richards, had taken their kids to a local museum where the four of them took in the sights and learned a bit of history. It capped off what was said to be a lovely weekend in New York City, reports a New York Family Lawyer. Richards admits that she did bring Sheen back to his hotel room but refuses to comment further. She notes that this is all very public and that her children can see and hear many of these details and she is doing whatever she can to protect them.

Sheen and Richards had a very public and somewhat nasty divorce, one that was often times fought in public and clearly caused pain to all involved.

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A 57-year-old Nevada woman, formerly of New Jersey, was arrested on suspicion of abducting her daughter in the middle of a custody suit, all the way back in 1984, sources told a New York Family Lawyer.
The woman, who was living in Incline Village, Nevada, was arrested and accused of fleeing a courthouse in Somerville, New Jersey with her daughter who was then six at the time, on August 23, 1984. The girl’s father had full custody of the girl back then, New Jersey prosecutors told a New York Family Lawyer. On June 28, 1985, the mother was to appear for arraignment on charges of interference with custody and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
Matters changed in 2010, when the girl, now 32 years old, attempted to change her name in order to get a marriage license in Washoe County, prosecutors told a New York Family Lawyer. A background check on the woman under her own name revealed a listing in the National Information Crime Center as a missing child from New Jersey.
“Investing deputies determined that [the mother] had changed her name… and was living in Incline Village,” the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office told a New York Family Lawyer. The mother admitted to her original identity after a brief interview from Nevada authorities. She was arrested and held in a jail, pending extradition to New Jersey. It is unknown why the daughter was attempting to change her name, or if she was even aware that she was abducted.
Custody law is a tough thing to fight over. You need someone in your corner who can help you protect the best interests of any children involved, like a New York Family Attorney. The children deserve nothing but the best, and that’s what you’ll have with a New York Family Attorney representing you.

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A number of airlines in Europe and Asia have stopped seating unaccompanied minors next to adults after several allegations of sexual abuse. Airline pilots and safety experts believe that is not the best idea, however, since it may have left children open to severe injury.
Millions of children fly alone each year, especially as more and more people travel by air. Families, split by divorce, often live miles apart. New York Family Lawyers have noticed many lawsuits arising from seating problems, especially in the United States, but the airline industry has yet to come to a consensus on the matter. As one example, two children on a domestic Air France flight were unable to reach their oxygen masks when the plane cabin suddenly depressurized, New York Family Lawyers have learned.
The children, an 8-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, were sobbing, seated in separate window seats of the plane and the aisle seats were empty. A flight attendant eventually helped the children and the plane landed safely in Paris 30 minutes later.
A spokeswoman told New York Family Lawyers that Air France had changed its seating policy about a year ago, due to complaints of “inappropriate touching” of children on some long flights. She would not state the number of these incidents, only saying that it was a “very, very small number” of the approximately 400,000 unaccompanied minors that flew that airline every year.
Airlines in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand have made similar changes. They had to modify their law which required children to sit next to an adult female after men complained they were being sexually discriminated against.
The safety and wellbeing of children is vital to everyone. A New York Family Attorney can be an important part in providing that safety. Children have the right to be protected and a New York Family Attorney can assist you in making certain your children are made the highest priority in legal matters.

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Now that a teen mother and her boyfriend has been convicted of duct-taping her 2-year-old son to a wall, the photos that started the case have been revealed, a New York Family Lawyer reports. The child was removed from his mother’s custody, but has since been returned to her. She has an 18-year-old woman who has admitted to using drugs.
At the time of the abuse, she was only 17 and received 10 days in jail and 2 years of probation for the crime, while her 19-year-old boyfriend was sentenced to three to five years for child abuse and another 12 to 24 months for felony possession of stolen firearms.
While under the influence of drugs, the mother held the child in place, while the boyfriend taped him to the wall of their home, authorities told a New York Family Lawyer. The photographs depict the boy taped by his wrists to the wall. There is also one with his smiling mother holding the boy, his hands wrapped up in tape, and another with the boy’s sippy cup taped to a wall, just out of reach. He is crying as he tries to grab the cup.
A friend of the mother, “who didn’t find anything funny” about the pictures, was the one who turned them in. She asked to borrow the camera, then took it straight to a police station, sources told a New York Family Lawyer. Police found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and stolen weapons in the open and in places where the child could reach them.
Family law largely exists to protect children, which means there are few better defenders of children than a New York Family Attorney. If you or a loved one should encounter a legal matter regarding children, a New York Family Attorney can be one of your best resources

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s marriage to Corina Villaraigosa has come to an official end, a court spokesman told a New York Family Lawyer.
Villaraigosa’s wife, Corina Villaraigosa, filed for divorce in June of 2007, stating there were “irreconcilable differences” between them. She initiated the dissolution of their 20-year marriage after Villaraigosa publicly claimed he was responsible for their separation, citing a “personal sense of failure”, sources told a New York Family Lawyer.
There had been many rumors about the status of the marriage, in the months preceding the divorce announcement. Once the divorce was announced, New York Family Lawyers discovered the mayor had been dating a former Telemundo anchor. They had been in the relationship, at that time, for at least 18 months. He acknowledged the relationship and stated, “I take full responsibility for my actions.”
Villaraigosa is now dating someone else – a television news reporter who was a former Miss USA. They have been together since March 2009, sources tell New York Family Lawyers.
Fame and fortune can only complicate family matters, whether it is the creation of a new one or the dissolution of the old family. No matter what the case, a New York Family Lawyer can be very helpful in untangling the legal difficulties that surround family events, both happy and sad. It’s not necessary to be famous or wealthy to need a lawyer to handle legal family matters – everyone could use the council and knowledge of someone who know the law.
Do you or a loved one have an issue of family law to be resolved? A New York Family Attorney is waiting to hear from you. It is important that your case is resolved quickly and fairly and a New York Family Attorney can bring your case to its best possible resolution.

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