In a matrimonial action, the plaintiff wife appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, as directed her to delete the last paragraph from a proposed mortgage note and paragraph 20 from a proposed mortgage which were to be executed…
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Mother Applies for Social Services for Unborn Child
Petitioner applied for public assistance and medicaid from the Nassau County Department of Social Services for herself and her unborn child. At the time of the application, she was 20 years old and living separate and apart from her husband and residing in the home of her parents. Without any…
Court Discusses Equitable Estoppel Doctrine
This matter was referred to the court by a Child support Magistrate, for the purpose of inquiry into the question of whether the petitioner may invoke the equitable estoppel doctrine in this paternity matter. A Suffolk County Child support attorney said that the court set a briefing schedule; all papers…
Child Protective Services Claims Mother Incapable of Guardianship
In this child protective proceeding, a County Social Services/Child Protective Services, seeks adjudication that the subject child is a neglected child within the meaning of FCA (Family Court Advisory). A New York Family Lawyer said that by petition, CPS (Child Protective Services) alleges that the mother has placed the child…
Father Incarcerated for Failure to Pay Child Support
In a support proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 4, the appeal is from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, which directed that the appellant be imprisoned for 48 days. By decision and order, the court dismissed the appeal as academic. A New York Family Lawyer said…
Court Appoints Legal Guardian for Institutionalized Child
The issue presented is whether the trial court properly relieved the complainant’s natural guardian and replaced her with an attorney. A New York Family Lawyer said a two weeks-years-old infant was diagnosed with infantile impetigo. His pediatrician prescribed an antibacterial skin cleanser, to be rubbed into the blisters on the…
Father Seeks to Obtain Child Support
In a child support proceeding, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court which denied his objections to two orders of the same court which awarded the petitioner with child support based on a determination of his gross income and counsel fee. A New York Family Lawyer said…
Court Discussed the Need for Injured Father to Have a Legal Guardian
A New York Family Lawyer said a couple obtained a divorced pursuant to a decision of the court. In addition, the condition also ordered that the father was obligated to keep and maintain hospital and medical insurance coverage, or better coverage, for the benefit of the children, as long as…
Ex-Wife Seeks to Increase Child Support
In a matrimonial action in which the parties were divorced by a judgment, the defendant former husband appeals (1) as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, as, after a hearing, and upon a prior order of the same court, entered,…
Petitioner Seeks Enforcement of Child Support Order
In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act § 467(b), for enforcement of the alimony and child support provisions of a judgment of divorce of the Supreme Court, the ex-husband appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County, which rejected his objections to a Hearing Examiner’s order, which,…