Divorce, separation, child custody, visitation, paternity, and support matters are difficult and confusing issues for any family to endure. Especially if these matters have brought you into Family or Supreme Court. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of your Family or Supreme Court matter you may have the right to appeal the decision and outcome. The appeal is the next stage in the legal process after a trial when a party believes that an error was committed by the lower court, the opposing attorney or their defense attorney at any time during the proceedings. A party has 30 days to file their Notice of Appeal after they have been served with a copy of the judgment or order to appeal along with a notice of its entry. While there are many possible issues that may be raised in an appeal, several include, but are not limited to:
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New York is divided into 4 departments which hear the majority of appeals from the trial level courts. These courts are called the Supreme Court, Appellate Division. The 1st Department encompasses Bronx and NY County; the 2nd Department includes: Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester; the 3rd Department includes: Albany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington; and the 4th Department includes: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.
