Texas Child Custody & Texas Child Support

If children are involved in your Texas divorce, you will need to work out custody, visitation and support issues with your ex. All courts, regardless of the state you live in, prefer parents to work out the details of raising their children together after a divorce.

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New York Fathers’ Rights: Dads Often Fighting An Uphill Battle

Regardless of whether you live in Manhattan or Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Westchester or Brooklyn counties, New York fathers often fight an uphill battle when it comes to child custody issues. Fathers’ rights advocate, Elliot Schlissel, explains New York fathers’ rights concerning child custody, visitation and orders of protection.

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Grandparents’ Rights: New York Courts Grant Visitation More Than Any Other State

The State of New York takes a unique role with regard to grandparents’ rights, according to Elliot Schlissel, a New York grandparents’ rights attorney who has been assisting clients for over 30 years in the New York metropolitan area and in Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties. He explained why New York courts grant grandparents visitation with their grandchildren more than any other state.

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New York Attorney Advocates For Fathers’ Right

Elliot Schlissel, a New York fathers’ rights attorney who has been practicing law for over 30 years and represents clients in the metropolitan New York area and Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk counties, is an aggressive fathers’ rights advocate. He explained how he advocates for fathers in matters of custody, visitation and why a father’s presence is important in his childrens’ lives.

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Illinois Child Custody & Illinois Child Support

Illinois courts operate, with respect to child custody and support matters, much like courts in other states in the sense that the best interests of the child or children are always paramount. In doing so, the court takes into consideration a number of factors to achieve a custody situation that is best for the child when the parents can’t agree. Following are the laws governing Illinois child custody and Illinois child support.

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What does frustration of visitation mean?

Frustration of visitation occurs when the custodial parent takes steps to prevent the non-custodial parent from having a scheduled child visitation. This could take place as an innocent isolated occurrence if, for example, the parent takes the child to a doctor at the time the non-custodial parent is to arrive at the residence for a child visitation. In such instances, there likely will be no legal recourse for the isolated incident, unless such ’emergencies’ become a routine practice and are seen as an attempt to sidestep the court ordered child visitation schedule.

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Are Internet visits counted against my visitation time?

When two parents separate, child visitation is a key issue. Technology has served to provide one more opportunity for a child to be able to visit with his non-custodial parent, but it is also an opportunity that has created new questions. The major question asked by parents is whether or not Internet visits are counted against a parent’s visitation time. In other words, if your custody agreement provides you with 10 hours a week with your child, will the Internet visit count as part of that 10 hours? The answer, in most cases, is no.

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My ex-spouse lives in a different state with our children. In which state do I file for a custody change?

Every state has its own set of family laws, and jurisdiction for resolving child custody disputes follows the residency of the child, so obtaining a more favorable child visitation schedule will require filing a child custody suit in the state where your child lives. The family code in that state will determine the extent to which you, the non-possessory conservator, can exercise visitation.

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