New York Family Law Blog

Earlier in September, Melanie Paige Smith sued former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens for $10,000 in child support payments. According to Ms. Smith’s lawyer, Randall Kessler, Mr. Owens unilaterally decided to stop paying...

New York’s Family Court Act states that “the parents of a child under the age of twenty-one years are chargeable with the support of such child and . . . shall be required to pay for child support a fair and reasonable...