by Darcy Knapp | Jul 16, 2019 | FAQ
An NYPD officer (or other civil service employees-but for the purposes of this FAQ section the NYPD Officer will be used as an example) has a tremendous amount of retirement benefits. After twenty years of service the Officer receives: the pension; variable...
by Darcy Knapp | Jul 16, 2019 | FAQ
This too is a complicated question. In brief, your spouse is still entitled to his/her Majauskas share of your pension. However, your spouse is not entitled to any portion of the funds you receive due to your on the job injury. With such a pension, the Police Officer...
by Darcy Knapp | Jul 16, 2019 | FAQ
This is a very complicated yet important area of law that all civil servants facing a divorce must understand and know their rights. Simply put, consider the following illustration. You are a Police Officer, you marry your spouse. During the course of your marriage,...
by Darcy Knapp | Jul 16, 2019 | FAQ
The short answer is yes. The only issue the Court is interested in is what is in the best interests of your child(ren). According to the law, there is no preference toward the sex of the parent of the child(ren) when the court is awarding custody of the child(ren) to...
by Darcy Knapp | Jul 16, 2019 | FAQ
A non-custodial parent’s child support obligations are very much written in stone. They are codified law. They are the following percentages of a person’s gross salary, taxes notwithstanding: 17% for one child, 25% for two children, 29% for three children, 31% for...
by Darcy Knapp | Jul 16, 2019 | FAQ
No, it is not a must, but depends on the specific factors of the divorce. What used to be called alimony is now called maintenance. The law sets out formulas regarding what the monied spouse (the spouse who earns more money than the other spouse) must pay during the...
