The child support trial between supermodel Linda Evangelista and Francois-Henri Pinault began today in Manhattan Family Court. The two have a five-year-old child together named Augustin. According to the New York Post,...
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Child Support From an Anonymous Sperm Donor?
October 20, 2011
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...
Terrell Owens Faces Incarceration for Failure to Pay Child Support
September 29, 2011
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...
A Child’s Standing to Seek a Modification of Custody
July 19, 2011
Black’s Law Dictionary defines standing as “[a] party’s right to make a legal claim or seek judicial enforcement of a duty or right.” Generally only a child’s parents or close-relations such as family members have...