Our clients often as us how Dependency Exemptions are handled in a Divorce case. First and foremost, we refer to the federal law, which is the tax code. Under the tax code, the parent who has custody has the right to claim the children as dependents. However, in many instances, the parent’s negotiate an outcome […]
Category Archives: Child Support
If your spouse resides in another state, you may not be able to file for Child Support in New York State. That will depends upon whether or not your spouse resided in New York State, prior to moving away. It may also depend upon if your spouse abandoned you and the children in New York […]
In New York State, the non-custodial parent pays child support to the custodial parent. Now that issue gets a little sticky when we have parents who are sharing custody equally. Under New York case law, the non-custodial parent is the parent who earns more money however that does not mean that in every case of […]