New York Family Law Blog

Christie Brinkley, known for her beauty, is starting to set records for failed marriages. She has announced her separation from her fourth and current husband. A NYC Family Lawyer is constantly involved in these high profile cases. Billy Joel was number two and she and Billy had a daughter together.
After a decade of marital bliss, Brinkley is calling it quits with Peter Cooke. She has a daughter with Cooke, and a son with Richard Taubman who was husband number three. Attorneys in Queens and Staten Island study these cases in case one comes their way.

Taubman made out well when the couple split. He was paid a couple of million to leave the marriage quietly and go on his way. the marriage only lasted 10 months. As for Billy Joel, he was also coming off a failed marriage when he met and married "The Uptown Girl." He is married again to Katie Lee and that one is still going.
Billy has also been involved in a few bad car accidents and has luckily come out of these crashes in tact. He seems to get in these accidents as he travels the roads of Long Island where her grew up. You would thing he'd navigate those roads easily.

If no one is bringing up a problem with child abuse or child neglect, an order of protection does not have to be enforced. Joel has been in and out of rehab for the past several years.

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An 11-year-old boy, who had been missing for two months according to his mother, was finally found with his father after a long search by authorities.
A N York Family Attorney said the boy had been visiting his father on his usual weekend when his father took him for fear of being arrested. The mother and father have had joint custody since their divorce a year ago.
The New York Family Lawyer went on to explain the man had allegedly not been following all of his divorce stipulations. On the weekend he had his son, he learned there was a warrant out for his arrest. The man reportedly sped away in his car with the boy when he saw a deputy nearby.
“He wasn’t holding up his end of the deal so I reported him,” the mother said. “I never thought he would do something like this, though.” “Obviously I’m elated,” she added. “I’ve been hoping for this every day. Today is the best day ever.”
Reports indicate a judge had issued a civil warrant for the man’s arrest not long before the kidnapping. A NY Family Lawyer said that now the man’s charges are much more serious. “He is being charged for interfering with the custody of a child, which is a third degree felony.”
While the boy was missing, the man was placed on the Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers’ 10 Most Wanted list. According to court reports, the couple had been struggling for many years before filing for divorce. The husband allegedly had a history of conflict with his fellow coworkers and his wife.
During their divorce, the families were surprised when joint custody was awarded. One family member, who preferred to stay anonymous said, “This is probably the best thing that could have happened. Now he can’t have the boy every other weekend anymore and will hopefully lose custody. We’re all hoping for her sake (the mom) that’s what happens.”

Divorce cases in Staten Island and Suffolk County are best handled by lawyers familiar with the divorce laws in NY State.
The boy has been placed under observation with a hospital and will be undergoing counseling for the next few months. Lawyers said it would take the boy a long time to understand what is happening with his parents. A counselor, not related to this case, said the boy would likely have issues with trust for many years to come. Being involved in custody battles and divorce takes a toll on the whole family. New York Family Attorneys can help you make sense of the chaos. Attorneys understand the law and how to put your family first for the best possible outcome.
">New York Family Lawyers say that nearly 50 percent of kidnapping happens within the family.

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Being discriminated against is non gender specific, meaning that it can happen to any of us, male and female, regardless of gender, trans gender or sexual orientation, says a New York Family Lawyer who has been paying attention to the recent discrimination charges going up against large law firms for stereotyping males into a macho, robotic role into which their professional careers were expected to follow and their personal affairs were expected to meld.

When familial duties required these men to assume the nurturing, care giving role in the family and dad took paternity leave to take care of the babies, the executives were much less than supportive of that decision. These men lost their jobs because they needed to take care of their children at a time when the mother couldn't be there or needed help. In one instance, mother and children all needed the care due to mental illness. Why did these men lose their jobs and is this discrimination? The New York Family Lawyer reports that discrimination really is at a manageable level across the board, but unfortunately some instances still sift through the sieve.

It has become infinitely better than it was in the past to win cases of discrimination like these, according to the New York Family Lawyer, which is good news for us all. Unless sweeping changes are made in the ways that we view work and family is supported, there will be sore spots in society and none of us are really immune to discrimination. Our best bet is to try as hard as we can not to harbor discrimination within ourselves, which proves to be a good first step in reducing it.

If you or your family are being discriminated against, call a well respected New York Family Attorney today and get the legal representation that you need to win your claim and take your case. A good New York Family Attorney will serve as your friend, your eyes and ears and your first line of defense should you be involved in a legal issue.

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Cori Rist, one of Tiger Woods reported mistresses was ecstatic to hear Manhattan Court’s Judge Gloria Sosa-Lintner’s ruling as she gave Rist the okay to take her son with her to Ohio for the holidays. The judge ordered that “Neither party speak disparagingly of each other to the child” “No corporal punishment of any kind.” A New York Family Lawyer report these things.

In New York visitation is very similar to custody the most important factor is what is in the best interest of the child. There are different types of visitation schedules and many different ways to determine how the schedule is made.

Firms handled all concepts of Family Law including visitation cases. Each New York Family Lawyer is patient and experienced in handling the complex issues that arise while trying to raise children with court intervention.

If you find yourself in need of legal representation call our office for a free consultation with a New York Visitation Lawyer. We can be reached at 1-800-NY-NY-LAW [1800-696-9529]. Whether you have a visitation, custody, child support, divorce, abuse & neglect or order of protection, call us to speak with one of our Family Lawyers.

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Brad Pitt says that his affair with his current wife, Angelina Jolie, while he was married to Jennifer Aniston, was not as lurid as the media reported. In fact, he says that he is still in touch with his ex and talks to her on a regular basis.

Pitt says that the affair was a creation of the media in that they portrayed it to be some betrayal of Aniston. The truth, says the star of "Benjamin Button," is that he was separated from Jennifer when he met Jolie on the set of the movie, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," which they worked on together as co-stars.

The presence of a New York Family Lawyer in a divorce case can help to bring about an amicable settlement to the situation. If there are children involved, a New York Family Lawyer can help you reach a fair arrangement in terms of support and visitation. The same is true if custody issues are involved. If no child neglect or child abuse is alleged, there will be no need for an order of protection.

Pitt had only nice things to say about his former spouse. He called her a "sweetheart" and a victim of the publicity built up falsely by the press.

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