Despite Supreme Court rulings affirming parents' rights, New York’s laws often weaken those rights in private custody cases. Article 10 emphasizes family preservation and quick hearings, while Article ...

In-law problems aren’t a new concept. In 1954 Evelyn Duvall wrote one the first books about in-law dilemmas. Most of the complaints then were daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law griping about one ...

Nassau County Support Magistrate Sondra Mendelson-Toscano discusses how New York’s evolving parentage laws—particularly the Child-Parent Security Act—protect diverse family structures and ensure that ...

A husband faced a tough situation when both his wife and elderly parents filed legal cases against him in court, for different reasons. The wife filed cases under Section 498A (criminal), domestic ...

Extracted from It Takes A Village: And Other Essential Truths For New Mothers, curated by Peanut, the global network connecting women navigating fertility, pregnancy and motherhood Tension with family ...