What Are A Father’s Rights?
Family law in New York aims to be fair to both mothers and fathers in custody disputes. However, courts often favor mothers in child support and custody disputes. Men who never married the mother of their child can also find it more challenging to get visitation or custody rights, even though the la...
What Rights Does The Father Have If The Mother Was Awarded Sole Custody?
When it comes to determining custody in a divorce, there are two outcomes the court can decide on. In cases of joint custody, both parents are awarded partial custody of the child. However, when sole custody is awarded, only one parent has custodial rights. If the mother of your child was awarded so...
Can A Father Refuse To Pay Child Support?
In all 50 of the United States, parents have a legal obligation to support their child after a divorce or separation. Unfortunately, some parents attempt to avoid this responsibility, leaving their children without the financial support they are entitled to. While in some cases this can be rever...
Can A Father Be Denied Visitation Rights?
Divorces are never an easy thing to go through. A loss of the custody of your child can make matters even worse. Following a divorce and custody battle, there may be times in your future when your ex-spouse attempts to deny you the visitation rights that you were awarded in court. With Simonetti &am...
What does Child Support Cover?
If you have recently gotten divorced and child support is now involved you might be wondering, what does child support cover? Child support is designed to help the main caregiving parent cover the costs of raising a child. This support can be used to pay for a wide variety of expenses that may becom...
Divorce and Father’s Rights
Simonetti & Associates of Long Island is devoted to ensuring fair and equitable treatment for all parties in a divorce. We understand the issues surrounding divorce proceedings and know how to create the best possible situation for families moving forward, especially when children are involved...