NEW YORK CITY & WESTCHESTER CHILD CUSTODY ATTORNEY
Helping Families Resolve Child Custody Conflicts
Custody disputes are hard on children, so it’s in their best interests to amicably resolve custody disputes as quickly as possible. It’s hard for a parent that’s used to seeing their children every day to get used to weekend visits, but it’s also difficult to bring up children alone. There’s hardly any perfect child custody solution, but with the help of the caring and knowledgeable New York City child custody attorneys at GourariLaw you can work out an arrangement that’s best suited to your family.
Our Approach to Child Custody Disputes
We start with getting to know you and your situation so that we can develop a strategy that can resolve your child custody dispute. Our track record for success – meaning quick and amicable resolution — is the result of our thorough understanding of our client’s needs and how to negotiate a child custody arrangement that works well for the entire family. You can count on the New York City and Westchester attorneys at GourariLaw to be tireless advocates for what’s best for your children.
Residential vs. Legal Custody
New York divides child custody into two basic types: residential and legal. Residential custody refers to where the children live most of the time and legal custody is the right to make decisions. In most cases one parent has residential custody with the other parent awarded parenting time with the children, but it is becoming more common for parents to have 50/50 residential custody, with children moving between homes on a regular schedule. Legal custody is the right to make decisions for the children such as where they will go to school, medical care they receive, and religious training. An award of sole custody will give one parent the right to make all decisions for the children on their own, but this will only be awarded in the most extreme situations involving provable serious issues with drugs, alcohol, abuse, or neglect by the one parent, or if the parents are unable to agree on the upbringing of a child with special needs.
