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The preliminary conference is your first appearance in your divorce action. At this appearance, you should have your statement of net worth completed. You will also complete a preliminary conference order. The court typically tries to get an understanding of your case at this court appearance.

You can call the courthouse and ask. You can also look on e-courts to see if the judgment has been signed. The answer varies from courthouse to courthouse.

There are a few ways to figure out your child support obligation. You can use a child support calculator, refer to the child support standards chart or estimate your child support income by multiplying your income by 17% for one child or 25% for two children. For a more accurate estimate, deduct your social security taxes, Medicare taxes and NYC/Yonkers taxes (and spousal support obligation, if any) from your gross income and then multiply by 17% for one child or 25% for two children. This answer assumes that you are paying child support and spousal support.

Probably, yes. However, if the child refuses to see you or the custodial parent will not let you see the child, then you can ask the court to stop your child support obligation. This is very difficult to prove since you need to show the court that you attempted to have a relationship with the child and you don't have a relationship with the child because of the child or the custodial parent. Again, you must make every effort to have a relationship to win on this claim.

Try to resolve the issue through mediation or attorneys. If that does not work, ask the non-custodial parent to pay more child support since he or she is not exercising parenting time. For the non-custodial parent, parenting time is a right that the non-custodial does not have to exercise.