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Attorney Michael S. Pascazi Defeats a Motion to Dismiss and Thereby Secures a Trial for His Client to Suspend Child Support Based Upon “Parental Alienation”

October 2, 2020Family Law, Firm News

Attorney Pascazi defeated a Motion to Dismiss a Modification of Child Support Petition in the Family Court Westchester County. Attorney Pascazi asserted that the payment of support by the father should be suspended, because the mother was engaging in parental alienation, thereby, precluding the father from freely exercising his parenting time rights with his child. A prior judge had previously…

Attorney Michael S. Pascazi thanked by the U.S. State Department for Participating in the Hague Convention Attorney Network

February 11, 2017Family LawAttorney, Child Abduction Cases, Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Hague Convention, Michael Pascazi, New York State Family Law, Pascazi Law Offices PLLC

Attorney Michael S. Pascazi is a member of the U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs’ attorney network, concerning the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Attorney Pascazi has participated in this network for a number of years. Attorneys in the network assist parents of children who have been abducted from their home countries and brought to the United States of America, usually by the other parent. The Hague Convention is a multilateral treaty (codified in U.S. Federal law), that sets forth the mechanism by which a parent whose child custody rights have been violated in his/her home country can sue in U.S. Federal District Court to have his/her child returned to his/her home country. As of 2016, there were 94 countries who were party to the treaty.

Pascazi Law Offices PLLC secures Vacatur of a Child Support Order for Violation of the Constitution’s Due Process Clause

January 29, 2017Family LawChild Support, Due Process, Family Court, Vacatur Motion

The Mother filed a petition for Child Support with the Family Court, and trumped up the Father’s income figures therein. The Mother then failed to serve the Father with the Summons. The Father did not appear in Court to contest the proceeding.

The Family Court Support Magistrate entered an Order on default directing the Father to pay a significant amount of child support every week; more than his actual income called for.

Pascazi Law Offices PLLC Secures Dismissal of a Custody Petition Served upon an Out of State Resident visiting in New York

February 24, 2015Family LawAttorney, Child Custody, Child Support, Custody Petition, interstate custody dispute, Legal Advice, Michael Pascazi, New York Court, Pascazi Law Offices PLLC, Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act, visitation

The Father has not seen his children for months. In fact, he hardly ever sees his children by his own choice. The Mother lives in the South working hard and supporting the two children with virtually zero financial help from the Father, even though he has been ordered to pay; he has astronomical arrears of child support.

The Mother comes to New York to visit her parents, who have not seen their grandchildren in some time. While she is here, the Father gets the bright idea to sue her for custody/visitation. The only thing is that neither the Mother nor the children are New York residents. The children have been residents of the South for well over six months; years in fact.

Pascazi Law Offices PLLC Secures Dismissal of a Family Offense Petition and Temporary Order of Protection Against its Client

August 31, 2014Family LawAttorney, Family Court, Family Offense Petition, Michael Pascazi, Order of Protection, Pascazi Law Offices PLLC, visitation

The ex-girlfriend just could not get over that the boyfriend had moved on and was happy, and residing with Pascazi Law Offices’ client. There was constant tension. A simple drop off for visitation turned into drama. Pascazi Law Offices’ client was served with a Family Offense Petition and a full no contact, stay away Temporary Order of Protection. Such threw the client’s life into turmoil. Daily driving routine’s needed to be changed. Going to work became complicated.

Attorney Michael S. Pascazi Prevails at a “Fair Hearing” in a Child Protective Services Neglect Matter

October 18, 2013Family LawAttorney, child neglect, Child Protective Service, CPS, Legal Advice, Michael Pascazi, NYS Department of Social Services, Pascazi Law Offices PLLC

Michael S. Pascazi, Esq., recently won a fair hearing on behalf of a client who was alleged to have committed child neglect by N.Y.S. Child Protective Service (CPS). Attorney Pascazi first sought and secured an administrative review of CPS’s finding of child neglect. The NYS Department of Social Services sustained CPS’s findings. Attorney Pascazi then commenced a “fair hearing” before an administrative law judge. Upon considering the evidence adduced at the hearing, the administrative law judge reversed CPS’s finding and cleared Attorney Pascazi’s client of any child neglect. Potential employers of Attorney Pascazi’s client will never be told of CPS’s original finding.

Attorney Michael S. Pascazi Joins the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs’ Attorney Network

May 24, 2010Family Law, Firm NewsAttorney, Attorney Network, child abduction, Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Hague Convention, International Parental Child Abduction, Legal Advice, Michael Pascazi, Pascazi Law Offices PLLC, U.S. Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues

May 2010 Michael S. Pascazi, Attorney & Counselor-at-Law, and Managing Member of Pascazi Law Offices PLLC has joined the Attorney Network maintained by the Office of Children’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Network attorneys provide legal representation to parents involved in International Child Abduction cases. Each year, hundreds of children are abducted by a…