Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Re: I need some real advice

It is unclear from your item posted {& may not be clear to you, even} whether the court clerk indicated that the papers had been "sent back" as a completed packet; or whether the papers were sent back for correction or revision.

You should clarify that by way of a LETTER to the clerk of the court - - reciting your prior contact with that office and asking, specifically, whether the papers were sent back with any request for correction, etc.; or whether the packet - specifically, the decree - was signed by the Judge as "finalized".

You should send that letter by certified mail, return receipt requested

AND you should send a copy to your attorney, also by certified mail, return receipt requested. You might want to include a separate, short letter to your attorney, expressing your displeasure at his/her failure to respond to your inquiries.

Do Not rely on telephone contacts to pursue this. You need to create a "paper trail". So: be sure to keep copies of your correspondence, too.

If you do not receive a reasonably "timely" response from your attorney after this, you may want to consider making a complaint to the bar association in your county.

Regards, etc.,

J. M. Hayes

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