Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Child support

if a party is required to pay child support, can that party refuse to identify income and earnings on the grounds of self incrimination?


Asked on 7/25/01, 10:12 am

2 Answers from Attorneys

Re: Child support

Yes. But then the Court can do two things

it can obtain your income tax return from

the tax commission or, and this is much

worse, it can fix child support based upon

the "needs" of the child, and I can

assure you that the court will find that the

needs of the child finding is in excess of

whatever the CSSA percentage child support

would be

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Answered on 7/25/01, 9:00 pm
Daniel Clement Law Offices of Daniel Clement

Re: Child support

only if you want to go to jail.

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Answered on 7/25/01, 1:01 pm


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