The teacher-student relationship can be beneficial to a student’s growth and development. It could also create significant conflict if the teacher acts inappropriately toward the student. If you or your child has had trouble with a teacher, you may feel helpless. You want to protect your child, so you probably want to know if...

During a divorce, a judge awards custody based on what they perceive to be the best interests of the child at that time. But what if circumstances change and the custody order is no longer best for the child? In that case, you can ask for custody modification.

Requesting custody modification can be an uphill...

Have multiple people warned you to keep your professional and personal lives separate? We imagine they have. This practice can work in theory, but you probably know by now that separation of your professional and personal lives can be nearly impossible when you’re a business owner going through a divorce. If you have...

When you split from the parent of your child, the child custody process can be fraught with overwhelming challenges.

If you’re going through a divorce or separation, we imagine you have concerns about your parenting rights.

A child custody order often depends on your child’s needs, the judge selected for your case, the...

When you think of the word “divorce,” you probably think of the phrase “emotionally taxing.” You probably also think of the phrase “financially taxing.” You’re right to have those thoughts on both fronts. Divorces can take emotional and financial tolls that involved parties often dread and want to avoid. You can’t bury your...

It can be thoroughly frightening and devastating when the state intervenes in the relationship between you and your child. If the New York Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) has contacted you about the welfare of your child, someone reported you or your child’s caregiver to the state for potential child abuse or neglect....

As an ACS Defense Attorney at the Gilmer Law Firm, PLLC, I have for twenty years represented people indicated by ACS (CPS) and have helped many expunge their cases. My clients ask me how do I expunge a finding against me?  I tell them expunging a case is a two step process, first...

As a New York Family Law and Relocation Attorney at the Gilmer Law Firm, PLLC I have litigated many cases where a parent wants to relocate with a child.  This article is for parents that want to relocate although I have represented parents on both sides.

In order to win a relocation case...

As a New York ACS Defense attorney at the Gilmer Law Firm, PLLC, based in Brooklyn, I have represented parents in all five boroughs in abuse or neglect proceedings for the past twenty years. My clients often ask me “what is a permanency planning hearing?” I tell them that the Family Court Act...

At the Gilmer Law Firm, PLLC, in my 20 years of experience as a a Brooklyn, New York Visitation Attorney, I have represented numerous parents in all five boroughs seeking parenting time in Family Court and Supreme Court Divorce proceedings. This article will delve into what is reasonable regarding a parent’s visitation rights...