Category: Child Custody

If you’ve been indicated for child abuse or neglect in New York and are seeking to seal your record on the State Central Register (SCR), it’s critical to understand the two-prong test used in administrative hearings. While much attention is often paid to the first prong—whether abuse or neglect occurred—many people fail...

Custody battles are always challenging, but when the other parent displays traits of narcissism or suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), the stakes—and the stress—are dramatically higher. If you’re co-parenting with someone who exhibits emotional abuse, manipulation, gaslighting, and control, it’s critical to understand how narcissistic behaviors affect custody litigation and how...

When it comes to child welfare law, few proceedings are as serious — or as life-changing — as a termination of parental rights (TPR). Once parental rights are terminated, the legal relationship between parent and child ends permanently, and the child becomes legally free for adoption.

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Child custody and visitation cases are deeply personal. When your time with your child is on the line, you need a lawyer who understands what’s at stake — and who won’t make the process more stressful with legal fees you can’t afford.

At The Gilmer Law Firm, PLLC,...

For New York parents, few things can be as stressful as finding out that Child Protective Services (CPS) is investigating you for a possible case of child abuse or neglect. This is because a CPS investigation can be invasive of your family’s privacy, and can lead to your child being removed from...

Facing down a custody battle to determine who will care for your children is one of the most stressful things a mother can go through. The fear that you may be restricted from seeing your children if you say or do something wrong can leave you feeling paralyzed. If you are worried...

At The Gilmer Law Firm, PLLC, located in Brooklyn, New York, the firm focuses on helping parents protect and enforce their parental rights in Family Court. When a relationship ends, emotions often run high, especially when children are involved. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for one parent to limit or interfere...