How to Find an Affordable Child Custody & Visitation Lawyer in Brooklyn
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,...
Stages of CPS Investigative Process in New York
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...
Factors That Can Affect a Mother’s Custody Battle Outcome
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...
How Can I Get Visitation Rights With My Child in Brooklyn?
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...
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 to prove parental alienation in custody disputes. Written by a New York Family Law Attorney
As a Parental Alienation attorney in New York I have litigated many custody battles involving this issue in both Divorce actions and in Family Court. If you can prove that alienation indeed exists it can justify you being awarded custody or a modification of a current custody order...
How do I win my custody battle in New York?
As a Brooklyn, New York Custody Attorney I have taken numerous custody cases to trial both in Family Court and Supreme Court (in cases of Divorce). The parent that wins the custody battle is the parent that can show to the Court that it would be in the...
Is the custodial parent interfering with your visitation rights in New York?
As a Brooklyn, New York City Family Court Attorney for twenty years I have litigated many disputes over parenting time in Family Court. This article explores the legal standards for a parent to obtain parenting time with their child and your rights if the custodial parent is interfering...
What are the types of Custody in New York? Written by a Brooklyn, New York City Custody and Visitation attorney.
As a New York City Family Court lawyer people often ask me how many types of custody are there? There are four types of custody in New York State. I will explain all of them in detail.
First of all it is important to note...