Legal Question in Family Law in New York

Re: Residential Custody- Joint Custody- Support obligations

The term "residential custody" may be best understood in the context of a particular case or ruling or jurisdiction. Custody orders often make reference to the status of "joint custody" while including language to the effect that the 'primary residence' or 'physical custody' shall be with one or another parent.

The notion of "keying" or 'linking' a determination of child support to the issue of the comparative amount of time a child spends with one parent or another was {the last time I looked at it closely} NOT an easy theory to advance in NYState.

I suggest you take a look at the worksheet you can find at divorcenet.com/ny/nyart05.html; this is a useful tool for getting an understanding of how the support mechanism is supposed to operate and, reference to it may give you an idea of what you may need to try to demonstrate to further the notion you want to advance.

Good luck.

Regards, etc.,

J. M. Hayes

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