
Compassion for the Client, Aggression for the Adversary
Gildin and Chapman is a boutique style law firm emphasizing all aspects of Family Law, Criminal Defense and Appeals. Both Steven Gildin and Brent Chapman have nearly three decades of legal experience successfully handling literally many thousands of cases from the very first call, throughout all litigation and trial and beyond. With this broad knowledge,
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A JUDGE HAS NO POWER TO DIRECT ADMINISTRATION OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES TO FILE A NEGLECT CASE
To the extent that [prior precedent] decisions implicitly hold that Family Court may order a child protective agency to commence a proceeding under Family Ct Act article 10, they should no longer be followed for such proposition. Accordingly, in the absence of any express grant of authority by statute, Family Court erred in sua sponte
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GIRLFRIEND WHO HAD CONFLICTS WITH MOTHER NOT RESTRICTED FROM FATHER’S VISITS ; AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A CHILD THAT IS TOO YOUNG TO COMMUNICATE
Family Court has the power to impose restrictions on a child’s interactions with third parties during visitation if it is in the child’s best interests to do so. Here, the record establishes that there were verbal and physical altercations between the mother and the girlfriend during the exchanges of the child. However, there is no
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