New York Family Law Blog

Ohio, like New York, has both civil and criminal penalties for failure to pay child support. Unlike New York though, prosecutors in Ohio will indict and prosecute those who fail to pay their child support. It was recently...

Long Island Native Flavor Flav is facing the possibility of being sent to jail after failing to pay over $111,000 in child support according to the New York Daily News. Angie Parker, the mother of three of Flavor Flav’s...

Until recently, it was very rare for personal relationships to be governed by a written contract. In recent years though, there has been a tremendous increase in the use of formal agreements to govern the rights and...

Until 2010, New York did not allow "no-fault" divorce. This meant that one spouse had to prove grounds for divorce. In 2010, the New York State legislature added "irretrievable breakdown" to the list of grounds for divorce....

The "Gender Gap" may be diminishing. The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers is reporting that many attorneys say that they have seen an increase in the number of women paying child support and alimony (or maintenance as...