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No good marriage ever ended in divorce and no one gets into a marriage planning on going through a divorce. For many, divorce is sometimes the only option to move on with their lives, escape a cycle of physical and/or psychological abuse or to provide the life they always wanted for their children. Whatever your situation may be, we are here to help. Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C. is a matrimonial law firm that practices exclusively in all issues related to divorce. We have seen every situation you could think of and can provide you with the guidance and representation that you deserve.
Get The Closure You Deserve
At Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C. we understand that it is human nature to close one chapter and start a new life again with complete peace of mind. When fundamental cracks begin to appear in a marriage, shouting matches become common and all kinds of unjustified allegations are made against both partners. Our New York City family and matrimonial law attorneys advice against getting swayed by sentiments and suggest our clients to retain their calm as anger and frustration can make things worse for everyone.
Our NYC Divorce Attorneys WILL HELP YOU REACH an Amicable Separation WITH YOUR SPOUSE
Two people who have lived their lives together and have invested heavily in the relationship now find themselves having to start over. Some conversations are difficult to have and sometimes, you just won't know where to begin the talks. Contact us at 888-501-3292 for a free evaluation and consultation of your case. Allow us to help you outline the issues for your specific and unique set of facts.
The Kids: Child Custody and Child Support
Child custody is commonly a heated issue in most New York divorces. It goes without saying that we all love our children and want the absolute best for them. Getting divorced and minimizing the stressful impact on your children is a primary goal for the attorneys at Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C. as we work to draft a fair agreement or litigate the issues.
- Our team of child custody lawyers will ensure that you get the custody of your kids without delay and the law is followed both in letter and spirit. Your children may have a tough time understanding that their father/mother will no longer be living with them; which is exactly why you need experienced child custody attorneys who can create the best environment possible for your child/children as they make the adjustment to their new life.
- Being at a very impressionable age, children do not have the mental toughness to see the past ending to a new beginning. They would want to maintain the status quo at any cost and that’s where your patience and clear communication with your kids will come into the picture.
Asset Control and Equitable Distribution
This is another complex issue where expertise is needed. We will handle your martial property disputes, we will ensure that all real and personal property, retirement, business assets, investments are examined by the court for fair distribution. We will strongly defend any dishonesty in the division of assets and prepare the ground for equitable distribution. Issues of asset control are hard and your future depends on it. But you can make it easy by choosing the right divorce attorneys. What sets Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C. apart from all these other attorneys clamoring for your business is that we are available on the phone round the clock to discuss your matter at any time of the day or night. Click here to contact us now.
Our Area of Expertise in New York’s Family AND MATRIMONIAL Law
New York family law is complex, we can assist you with:
- Divorce
- Contested and Uncontested
- Child custody
- Visitation and Parenting Plans
- Spousal maintenance and child support
- Property division
- Domestic violence and abuse
- ACS Child Neglect Hearings
- Parental Kidnapping (Both Domestic and International)
- Support Modifications
- Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
- Orders of Protection
- Enforcement or Contempt of Court Proceedings
Our expertise extends to same sex divorces, fault divorces, contested and uncontested divorces.
We have New York City family lawyers who are skilled and well-versed at both collaborative divorces and mediation as well as those that are bound for the courtroom. Our area of operation extends to Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Gay and Lesbian Marriages
With the Supreme Court's 2015 decision, gay and lesbian marriages in a multicultural city like New York have received judicial sanction. We assist in preparing all the legal documents that would help grant benefits for legal and civil marriages of gay couples. Divorce is a probability in such marriages and our New York Family Attorneys work actively with the members of the lesbian and gay community to arrange for an amicable gay divorce.
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Same Sex / LGBTQ Divorce
New York has allowed same-sex marriage with the passing of the Marriage Equality Act in 2011, way before the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is legal across our great land in 2013.
LGBTQ couples face the same challenges in divorce as heterosexual couples, but the legalities surrounding certain issues when it comes to gay and lesbian couples can be more complicated. Child custody, spousal maintenance, property division, and other divorce-related problems may become very complex during the LGBTQ divorce process. Please click here to contact one of our attorneys to discuss your LGBTQ divorce for a free phone consultation.
Gay and Lesbian divorces although relatively “new” in the legal field, those cases deal with many of the same issues as traditional divorce cases:
Child Custody and Visitation - Same-sex/LGBTQ custody and visitation cases are governed by the same laws that govern traditional child custody. With the common methods of in-vitro fertilization and legal adoption, gender of the parents plays little to no role in determining physical and legal custody of children.
Equitable Distribution of Marital Property – Common issues of equitable distribution in divorce cases include: dividing pensions and retirement assets, dividing 401(k)s, and subsequent federal tax complications, appraisals of real estate, etc…
Spousal Support (Maintenance) – LGBTQ couples may establish spousal support payments when they commence an action to dissolve their marriage. Obtaining maintenance is not always an easy task and requires a skilled attorney to either negotiate an award as part of a settlement or through presenting proper proof to a court of law.
If you need assistance with a gay / lesbian / LGBTQ divorce or family law matter. Please contact us at 888-501-3292 for a free phone consultation.
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What is a PRENUPTIAL/POSTNUPTIAL MARITAL Agreement?
A prenuptial or postnuptial marital agreement is a legally binding agreement that entered into before or during a legal marriage.
Do I Need an Agreement For My Marriage?
Getting a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement is much like getting insurance for your car…you hope you never need to use it but sometimes things outside of your control can come up.
Why Get a Marital Agreement?
The main reason why many couples decide to draft prenuptial or postnuptial marital agreements is to protect their interests in property and family from the uncertainties associated with divorce. Of course, no one gets into a marriage expecting to get divorced but the purpose of a prenuptial/postnuptial agreement is to resolve as many of your financial issues as possible in the event of a divorce. This helps people reduce their overall exposure to risk and litigation expenses should their marriage end in a divorce.
In the absence of a marital agreement, the distribution of a couple’s assets may be dictated by state laws that don’t necessarily serve the couple’s best interests, so drafting an agreement before (known as a prenuptial agreement) or during a legal marriage (postnuptial) can serve to protect the couple and their family from the expenses and uncertainty of potential legal proceedings.
SHOULD I HAVE MY MARITAL AGREEMENT REVIEWED BY AN ATTORNEY?
The answer is YES. You are signing a very important document that could result in you surrendering certain rights. Most states require both parties to have the opportunity for their marital (especially pre-marital) agreements to be reviewed with an experienced attorney. It may seem like a formality to you but do not allow hidden language or someone else's word have a negative effect on your future. Call 888-501-3292 to have your agreement reviewed by one of our licensed New York, New Jersey or Florida State attorneys.
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Child Support in NYC
As any New York child support attorney can tell you, one of the most crucial components of any family law case involving children, aside from visitation, is that of financially supporting the children. Support is the court-ordered financial maintenance of a child. Child support laws legally obligate a parent to support their child whether or not they have custody of them and apply equally to children born in or out of wedlock. Generally speaking, a parent is obligated to support their child until they turn eighteen years of age, though exceptions do apply. While settlement agreements are acceptable to the courts that involve lump sum payments, child support is an ordered maintenance of support that can be revisited when changes in income or circumstance occur. Most parents want to see that their children are well-taken care of in the divorce and will work closely with their partner to ensure that the child or children’s needs are met fully. However, it often happens that there will be situations where one party disagrees with the amount that it takes to raise the child and provide for his or her needs, and in these cases the court uses legal statutes as a basis for deciding the maintenance amount required for that child or children in the home. New York child support lawyers can go over your finances with you and help you figure out what the child support payments would be like using NYC calculations.
Child Support in New York
After the Federal government passed the Family Support Act of 1988, states in the US were required to establish and apply uniform child support guidelines for the determination of child support payments throughout their jurisdiction. These guidelines (which are actually obligations) help courts calculate monthly support payments, among other things. Throughout the states, three methods of calculation are generally utilized. These are:
1. The income shares model: combines the income of both parents and allots a fixed percentage of that income, divided equally between both parents, to the financial maintenance of the children.
2. The percentage of income model: only considers the non-custodial parents income and allots a fixed percentage of that income towards the financial maintenance of the children.
3. And the Melson forumla model: a more complex form of the income shares model that incorporates rises in either parent’s standard of living.
In many states, for instance, the following factors are taken into consideration by the court when determining NYC support payments:
- How much other income each parent receives;
- How much time each parent spends with their children (time-share);
- The actual tax filing status of each parent;
- How many children these parents have together;
- Support of children from other relationships;
- Health insurance expenses;
- Mandatory union dues;
- Mandatory retirement contributions;
- The cost of sharing daycare and uninsured health-care costs; and
- Other factors.
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Oftentimes, New York child support lawyers will be asked by the client to negotiate for a higher payment amount so that children may be able to enroll in activities that will enhance or better their life, such as piano lessons or a particular sports activity. While these are not specifically outlined in federal statutes the courts do take these into consideration wherever possible as in every case it is the best interest of the child, not the parent, which is considered of top importance by the court. Our child support attorneys in NYC believe that with all cases involving children a softer touch is required, and when it comes to NYC child support we try to take the acrimony out of the case by placing the child at the center of the debate and not make this about who didn’t pay what, where, or when. Lawyers in New York City know that it’s not necessarily the paying clients who count, but the children.
New York City child support
For all the wealth in Manhattan and the outer boroughs like Brooklyn, there are still those who play games with custody and/or support by hiding assets or relocating/moving. All too often the children in divorce cases are used as tools to punish the other parent. This is where good child support lawyers will step in and take control of the situation. Yes, we work for our clients, but when it comes to children any attorney with ethics will put aside thoughts of paychecks and work towards the best interests of the child now and in the future. The Brooklyn child support lawyers at Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C. will always work closely with our clients to make sure, first, that the child and his or her future is secured.
Contact a New York child support lawyer if you are having trouble collecting payments from your ex-spouse.
Although state laws govern the majority of these issues, over the years Federal legislators have passed Federal laws which attempt to bring uniformity and enforceability into the system. Some Federal laws, for instance, have made is easier to collect child support payments by authorizing the withholding of wages from, or the interception of tax returns for, parents who are delinquent on their support payments. It is even a Federal offense to willfully fail to pay at least $5,000 in child support. Parents who have present or pending child support issues should contact a lawyer NY who specializes in child custody disputes and enforcement.
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Contact a New York Order of Protection Lawyer at 888-501-3292 today for a Free Consultation.
During your divorce, family court proceeding as well as during a criminal case in New York, the courts have authority to issue an order of protection.
Orders of Protection are court orders issued in an effort to put a stop to abuse, harassment, stalking, or other types of violence. When your Family Law or Criminal Law case involves an Order of Protection—regardless if it’s in New York City or anywhere else in New York State, and regardless whether you’re seeking the order for your protection or are the subject of one—you’ll need the help of a New York Order of Protection Lawyer in navigating this often very emotional and complex time.
- If you are the person who is seeking to get an Order of Protection in Family Courts in any part of New York City area such as Long Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens or the Bronx, you are the petitioner.
- You are the respondent if you’re the person against whom the Order of Protection is being sought.
- The type of order of protection which will prohibit a respondent from any type of contact at all with a petitioner—from a phone call to a letter, an email, or any third-party communication—is known as a stay away order or full order of protection.
- A limited or do not harass order of protection or won’t prohibit having contact or any communication between a respondent and a petitioner. It does, however, require the respondent not to yell at, to intimidate, to threaten, or to harass the petitioner.
- A stay away order that is granted to any parties residing within the same house (or apartment) is an exclusion order (because it is going to exclude a respondent from this home). The Family Court generally does not consider it relevant which of the parties owns this home, which of their names is on a lease, who has been paying the rent or mortgage. Also irrelevant is whether you live in a New York townhouse or a Staten Island rental.
- Your final Order of Protection gets granted after the hearing. With the consent of both parties, it may also be granted without a hearing. The court may grant a temporary Order of Protection to protect the petitioner until a final order has been granted. This temporary order of protection may be granted the day an order of protection is filed—even if it is before a respondent has been served. The final order typically will be valid for at least 1 year. It can also be extended to 2 years or longer. Further, a Court finding that “aggravating circumstances” exist—possibly that a weapon was involved, for example—the Order of Protection might be good for up to five years.
- When a temporary or final order of protection is violated, in New York or in Nassau County just like elsewhere, the punishment can include jail time, by order of a Family Court Judge or if any Criminal Charges have been brought and a defendant is found guilty of criminal contempt .
At The Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C., we realize that securing an Order of Protection helps protect victims. Further, we are experienced in handling situations where you’re the respondent to an Order of Protection. Any New York Order of Protection Lawyer in our office recognizes that there may be many aspects to your Order of Protection case, to retrieving your belongings from a house you’ve been excluded from to paying the other party’s attorney’s fees. Call 888-501-3292 to meet us for free initial advice at our offices in the New York Financial District area. We will share with you our knowledge and handle your case with professionalism at an affordable rate.
Custody and Visitation cases are not only for those who are married. When you cannot resolve custody or visitation you have two routes you can take in New York, either through an order from the New York Family Court or through an order of the Supreme Court (usually reserved for pending or active divorces, sometimes for post-judgment matters as well).
Custody/Visitation disputes get complicated. A lot of emotion is usually involved and most likely, both you and the other parent want what is best for your children. Often times, jointly agreeing what is in your child's best interests regarding where and with whom they will live can be difficult and contentious.
When you are dealing with your child's future, you need to be confident that you are putting your best argument forward to show that the child(ren) should be with you. When working with a New York child custody and visitation lawyer from Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C., you can breathe easier knowing that you will have experienced and aggressive advocates on your side.
TYPES OF CHILD CUSTODY IN NEW YORK
Child custody, when awarded, is not a one-size-fits-all solution. There are different types of custody that can be awarded to match different needs and can be suited to match different family structures. For example, there are families where both parents are able to work together jointly, and there are others where extenuating factors, such as addiction or previous history of abuse, can cause a court to determine that one parent is unsuited for custody roles.
- Physical Custody: This is the most obvious form of custody as it deals with the physical location of the child. Parents who are granted physical custody will have the child living in their home.
- Legal Custody: This is not as obvious, but equally as important. When legal custody is awarded, it grants the parent permission to make all decisions regarding the child's upbringing - from education to religion.
- Sole Custody: In cases where one parent has a history of abuse or struggles with addiction, the court may be favorable of awarding only one parent custody while granting the other parent just visitation rights.
- Joint Custody: Children benefit from having both parents involved. Therefore, the courts prefer to award both parents custody - either legally or physically - so they can share in the responsibility of raising the child.
FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN A CHILD CUSTODY CASE DURING A DIVORCE
If you are seeking an uncontested divorce, you and your spouse must agree upon the issue of child custody. If your divorce is contested, the court will make this decision for you—in which case, you may not get the full amount of custody to which you are entitled. Child custody and visitation does not just deal with where the child lives; custody issues can deal with things such as who has authority to make decisions regarding the child.
MAKE SURE YOUR RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED
Mindin & Mindin have provided parents with the effective and aggressive legal representation that they need during any matter related to child custody, child support, visitation or divorce. We know what parents are entitled to and what a fair deal looks like, do not let the other parent's attorney try to tell you what is best for you when you need your own legal representation. Call us immediately for a consult.
If you are currently in the middle of a heated child custody battle, you are not alone, call us to help you navigate the process.
Contact us at 888-501-3292 to discuss your matter. We offer a free phone evaluation of your case and an immediate price quote of our fees.
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New York City Uncontested Divorce
Not every divorce has to be contentious. Many short term marriages with no children and minimal assets have the option to get divorced in New York State relatively quickly without breaking the bank. New York State provides the basic forms for completing your own uncontested divorce but does not provide you with the guidance to go through the court system and the procedures necessary to complete your case. You can contact the skilled and knowledgeable attorneys at Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C. for a free case evaluation by calling 888-501-3292 or by clicking here e-mailing us for more info on our contact page.
What if I have children, can my divorce be uncontested?
You can have an uncontested divorce if you have children. If you and your spouse are in agreement in regards to child support, custody, visitation and other financial considerations,the attorney's at Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C. can assist you with drafting a settlement agreement and filing the appropriate paperwork to expedite the divorce process.
The ability to settle your case amicably is one of our primary goals when taking on new clients. For most people this is the least stressful and most cost efficient way to divorce in New York. We handle all the work for you and take the stress out of an unpleasant process. In most uncontested scenarios you never have to step foot into a courthouse to complete your case.
New York has specific procedural requirements for uncontested divorce cases involving children and having your own attorney to handle the process for you is a crucial tool to successfully navigate the often complex process. By hiring your own independent counsel you can avoid the stress, aggravation and likely chance of having your divorce papers rejected for minor defects if you were to proceed on your own.
Let us help you get through your uncontested divorce in New York City. Law Offices of Mindin & Mindin, P.C. is a firm providing high quality representation for all of our clients. If you need assistance with your uncontested matrimonial matter, feel free to contact us anytime at 888-501-3292 or e-mail us for more information.