Jessica H. Ressler
Jessica H. Ressler has been practicing exclusively matrimonial and family law for the past seventeen years in New York. She is a member in good standing of the Westchester County Bar Association, the Westchester Women’s Bar Association, the New York Women’s Bar Association, the New York City Bar, the New York County Lawyer’s Association, the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Justice Brandeis Westchester Law Society.
She is also a Certified Financial Litigator with the AACFL and is featured in Super Lawyers in 2018-2020. She is a partner in the firm of Ressler & Associates in Westchester County. She is a member of the panel of attorneys for children in Westchester and Putnam Counties.
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Getting a Divorce
posted on June 23, 2020Getting a divorce is one of the hardest things most people ever have to do. There’s a reason why it takes some people so long to make the decision to go through with it. Often, either party has spent months or even years painstakingly considering all of the ways divorce…
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Paternity Issues in New York
posted on June 1, 2020Oftentimes, the paternity of a child is established at birth. If the two parents of the newborn are married, paternity is automatically assumed and the husband’s name is added to the birth certificate. If two parents are not married and they bear a child, the biological father of that child…
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Navigating Visitation and COVID-19
posted on May 10, 2020Navigating Visitation and COVID-19 Introduction: Amid the spreading COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the United States and the subsequent shelter-in-place orders issued worldwide, residents everywhere are struggling to adapt to the new reality surrounding us. Non-essential staff in just about every industry have been sent home to work from there…
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Spouses Who Hide Their Money
posted on April 22, 2020Separating from a spouse isn’t always the battle many perceive it to be. Unfortunately, it can become contentious when one party is dishonest about their assets. In some cases, it’s simply because one spouse handles the household’s finances and has all the knowledge of their financial information, while the other…
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Custody/Visitation and Child Support During COVID-19
posted on April 13, 2020These are unprecedented times we are living in and with that comes questions about how to navigate pending issues within families such as custody/visitation and child support. The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world is hitting New York particularly hard and making parents everywhere readjust to a whole new normal….
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The Best Divorce and Family law Lawyers Westchester and the New York City
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Attorney Jessica H. Ressler Explores How to Face the World Alone Post-Divorce or Loss
posted on June 14, 2016WHITE PLAINS, NY (PRWEB) JUNE 13, 2016 Matrimonial and family law attorney Jessica H. Ressler, of Westchester Matrimonial LLC, recently gave a standing-room-only presentation at a Morgan Stanley seminar series, sponsored by The Ruby Group at Morgan Stanley, entitled “Facing the World Alone: Financial and Legal Survival After Divorce or…
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What Is Constructive Emancipation For Child Support In New York?
posted on July 3, 2015In New York, parents are obligated to pay basic child support and add-on expenses for their child until the child turns 21, unless the child is “emancipated” before the child turns 21. New York State law defines legal emancipation as a child attaining the age of 21. However, there are…
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What Is The New York Child Relocation Law?
posted on June 26, 2015Custodial parents who want to relocate with their child/children may find it difficult to do so, especially if there is a provision in an Agreement or Court Order preventing the parent from moving with the child or if the other parent objects to the parent’s move. In cases where there…
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Who Claims The Dependency Exemption On The Tax Return?
posted on September 3, 2014Who Gets The Dependency Exemption On The Tax Return? As parents negotiate child custody and support agreements they are faced with many decisions. The biggest decisions usually revolve around custody, visitation, and child support, but there are smaller, less obvious issues that are best decided at the time of the…
