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Constructive Emancipation: The Breakdown of a Relationship Between Parent and Child and the Termination of Child Support

Posted by Daniel Clement on February 17, 2009
Within the last month, the Appellate Division, Second Department, has decided several interesting family law cases. One, in particular, directly answers a question I am frequently asked, which, in some form, goes like this: My son refuses to visit me; do I have to pay child support for him? The answer, as supplied by the Court in the case of Gold v. Fisher, is- it depends. . . . .a child of employable age who actively abandons the non-custodial parent by refusing all contact and visitation" may forfeit any entitlement to support In contrast, where it is the parent who... More
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