One of the toughest parts of getting divorced is telling the children. Though the divorce will probably be best for the kids in the long run, finding out your parents are splitting up can be scary and confusing. Your whole world can feel like it has been turned...
Month: April 2016
Determining paternity in New York
The birth of a child should be a joyful event in a man’s life, but if he is not married to the mother, there are some legal hoops he must jump through to be considered the infant’s legal father in New York. As the New York State Unified Court System’s website...
When paternity laws conflict with reality
Years ago, the idea of having a child out of wedlock was so taboo that American lawmakers refused to consider the possibility. State paternity laws presumed that a child born to a married woman was the biological son or daughter of the woman’s husband.Since then,...