Paternity Establishment

Paternity establishment refers to the process of determining the legal father of a child. When a child is born to unmarried parents, the child has no legal father.  In New York State, unmarried parents can establish paternity in two ways: 1. by signing a voluntary...

Teen Parents

Regardless of how old the parents are when their child is born, parents have the legal responsibility to support their child until the child is 21 years old. The following provides the information most requested for teen parents: Who is the legal father of the child?...

Overview of New York State Child Support Services

For anyone who applies, the child support program provides the following services. These services are provided jointly by the New York State Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) and each of the 58 local district Child Support Enforcement Units (CSEU). These...

Child Support Services in New York State

The following provides information about child support services, who can apply for services, how support is established, information parents need to provide to obtain services, and contact information for the program. The Child Support Enforcement Program can work...

Collaborative Family Law & Divorce

Collaborative Law is a form of Collaborative Practice – a problem-solving process that gives divorcing spouses a way to end their marriage without the stress, delay, and expense of litigation. In Collaborative Law, each spouse is represented by a specially-trained...