Can I File a Restraining Order Against a Teacher?
How to Win a Custody Modification Case
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...
What Can Be Used Against You in a Custody Battle?
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...
How Is an LLC Treated in a Divorce?
New York divides property into two categories:
Separate Property Property owned before marriage Gifts or inheritances Personal injury awards Assets protected by a valid prenuptial agreementIf you formed your LLC before marriage, it may be separate property.
How to Protect Assets in a Divorce
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...
Parent’s Rights against ACS in New York
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...
How Do You Expunge An ACS Case?
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 I expunge a...
How do you win a relocation case in New York?
By George M. Gilmer, Esq. – Brooklyn Custody & Relocation Attorney
Relocating with your child after a divorce or custody order isn’t as simple as packing up and moving. If you’re a custodial parent in New York who wants to move with your child to another city, state, or...
What is a permanency planning hearing?
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...
What are reasonable rights of visitation? Written by Brooklyn, New York Visitation Attorney
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...