New York Family Law Blog

New York's Domestic Relations Law (DRL) and the Family Court Act provide a number of remedies to enforce support obligations. Garnishee (also known as Income Execution / Income Deduction Order) – A process by which...

As a follow-up to an earlier post regarding a contempt proceeding brought against Terrell Owens for his alleged failure to make child support payments, Owens failed to appear in a California's Contra Costa County Court on...

But what happens if a woman, who was artificially inseminated by the sperm of an anonymous sperm donation, determines the identity of the father and then petitions the court for child support from the father? The answer is...

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...