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I was late for my court date for an adjustment on my child support payments; due to me becoming laid off and receiving unemployment benefits.  I was prepared with my documents; i.e. unemployment benefit statements, job search diary, and potential job offers. 

Subsequently, the case was dismissed so I filed a notice of motion and it was thrown out!  I was told that I would have to start a new petition and start the process all over again.

I am now employed, but my question is will I be able to get that retro money back from when I was unemployed or will it be a lost?

By the way, I reside in New York...Thanks!

Ok thank you I will make sure to mention that in my motion. I will keep my fingers crossed.

I put in a petition May 22, 2008 for a downward modification after getting layed off from work. Childs Mother & I went to court in June and she requested an attorney so it was adjourned to Oct 8. I had two cases that day in the same bldg but different floors I got to the floor for visitation too late to sign in and the judge dismissed the case. Now I had my   unemployment benefit information and my Job search diary completed as well as some job prospects I am waiting to hear back from. I was told to file a motion which I did but have yet to serve childs mom. My question is will the judge modify my support retroactively or will I have to start over because of this mishap?  Any ideas on my options would be greatly appreciated thanks!

My daughter will be 9 y/o at the end of this month. I have a Oct. 24 meeting with the law guardian. I just feel like they made up their minds on who I was based on lies on paper. The 1st appearance was a different judge who was a wise to what my daughters mom was trying to pull. The current judge is not so intuitive.

I Recently went to court in June because my daughters mother was not letting me have my court appointed visits. The court saw that there was no reason I should be denied visits. The court stated since its been a while from my last visit I should start with 1 day a week visits on saturday with a make up day of wed should she not make it on Saturdays. I had two visits one on Saturday which went well we did the movies and got something to eat. The second visit she stood me up and I went to the preceint and made a report. She showed up that next Wed with my daughter and we had our visit. The visits were fun and drama free yet when I attempted the 3rd visit she had a friend serve me papers discontinuing my visits and stating my daughter is in fear and I am abusing her. I went to court this week thinking this is bogus and should be cleared up fast. Yeah right!!! She lied and coached my daughter to lie to a law guardian who never questioned to validity of anything my daughter said. Now I have to do a supervised visit thing like im on parole or something and my name is mud. I need some advice on how to get some quality time with my daughter minus the drama with her mother who is obviously gunning for me cause things didnt work out. Help Please!!!