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On January 24, 1992 a man and a woman from Ecuador were married in Brooklyn, New York. The husband was seven years younger than his wife. She had one daughter from her previous marriage to this man’s cousin. The cousin died a few years before. The couple had two children of their own. The husband is a business and property owner, the wife was a stay at home mom. She had immigrated to the United States illegally. She would occasionally get jobs doing piece sewing in factories before most of the factories shut down. In May of 2001, the couple separated.
Family Court issued a temporary order of protection demanding that the husband not go near the wife, children, or marital home. The wife cited numerous occasions of domestic violence that have left her with memory problems and limited cognition. She reports that the daily beatings where she was yanked into walls by her hair caused permanent brain damage.
The husband alleged that he was a poor immigrant who only made $300.00 a week driving a car. However, upon investigation, the court discovered that for the past ten years of his marriage, this man has been purchasing property and secreting assets while keeping his wife ignorant and imprisoned at home. At one point, he applied for and obtained green cards for himself and his step daughter while intentionally not obtaining legality for his wife.
He began to date one of his business partners and then engaged in an affair with her. He used this affair to conceal one of the businesses that he owned by putting it in the girlfriend’s name. During this time, he was only paying $40 a week child support for his two children. The pair was separated. The wife brought forth numerous witnesses to testify to the domestic abuse and to the husband’s secreting of assets from the court.
As far as custody of the children, the husband has not had much contact with them at all. In fact, he moved out of the family home and has shown no interest in seeing the children. The wife maintains that the fact that she can now prove that her husband’s income is much greater than $300.00 a week should serve as a substantial change in circumstance and her child support award should be modified. The court agrees and it is so ordered granting her sole ownership of one of the businesses.
Issues of law are constantly changing. A person who is not specifically trained in the law cannot begin to know what all of their rights are without the assistance of a professional. Here at Steven Bilkis and Associates, we provide New York Order of Protection Attorneys, New York Domestic Violence Lawyers, New York Assault Attorneys, and New York Criminal lawyers. New York Family Lawyers will stand by you and ensure that your rights are protected. New York Personal Injury Attorneys can argue your side and make sure that you and your loved ones are considered. We make sure that you are rightfully awarded compensation for your suffering.
Stephen Bilkis & Associates with its Domestic Violence Lawyers has convenient offices throughout the New York Metropolitan area including Corona, New York. Our Personal Injury Attorneys can provide you with advice to guide you through difficult situations. Without a Domestic Violence Lawyer you could lose precious compensation to help with your medical bills and the trauma to you and your loved ones following such a frightening experience. This is true even if the Attorney for the assailant has not adequately made their case. In addition to Personal Injury Law, Stephen Bilkis and Associates can recommend Criminal Lawyers who will protect your rights if you are ever arrested.