Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Re: Child support - Inaccurate reporting of income - Supreme v. Family Court

This must be a difficult problem for you. It is always hard when a judicial result is obtained against you by deceit and fraud.

While your attorney is correct that a result obtained by deceit and fraud can be changed, it is easier to challenge the income reports BEFORE the judgment is issued.

I do not know why your attorney made this choice. I would not have made that choice.

Of course, your email does not give a great deal of information on thre case. There may have been reasons. But, of course, that is now irrelevent. You do have a judgment, and it must be changed.

The way to change the judgment is to make an "Order to Show Cause" to re-open the case by 'vacating the judgment' on the basis of fraud (bad information) or a petition/motion to the court to re-open the issue of the amount of support because of 'changed circumstances' (you now know his income is different).

Neither option is complicated, they both depend on the ability to show his actual income.

Good luck. It is hard to be tied to a man for years (years until the support is no longer needed) who has proven himself untrustworthy.

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Re: Child support - Inaccurate reporting of income - Supreme v. Family Court

A proper answer to your question depends upon the language of the divorce agreement and the information provided to you prior to your signing the agreement. We can offer a 15 minute FREE CONSULTATION to review that language to see if there is an opportunity for the court to revisit the child support issue or to bring a lawsuit against the idiot lawyer for legal malpractice.

Re: Child support - Inaccurate reporting of income - Supreme v. Family Court

It depends on what is provided for in the divorce judgment and exactly what you were told by your attorney prior to agreeming to it. Feel free to call me at 212-367-9167 to discuss this further. I do not charge a fee for the initial consultation.