Latest News 2011 June Fired Officer Files for Additional Child Support

Fired Officer Files for Additional Child Support

A former New York Police Department officer, that lost his job due to official misconduct, is taking his former girlfriend back to court in the hopes of obtaining more money in child support to raise the couple's 14 year-old daughter, as reported by the New York Post and other media sources.

K.M. was recently in the news as the lead defendant in the "Rape Cops" trial in Manhattan.  He was not found guilty of rape but his conviction of official misconduct led the NYPD to fire him.

Per M.C., and court documents that she shared with the Post, K.M. asked for the additional cash on May 27 - one day after he was fired.  M.C. said, "OK, he lost his job now -- but why should I have to pay for what he did?   He's just being spiteful.   He's angry, he didn't waste any time."

M.C. claims that K.M. obtained full custody of their daughter in 2004 - at a time when she was jobless and living in a one-bedroom apartment. 

M.C. currently pays K.M. $50 a month in support.  K.M. said that due to a change in his personal finances - allegedly due to the loss of income normally provided by his job - he needs more cash.

On June 29, in Brooklyn's Family Court, the two will meet for a hearing.  On June 28, in Manhattan's Supreme Court, K.M. is scheduled for sentencing.  

Of the three official-misconduct findings he will face up to two years in jail.

M.C. allegedly believes his criminal court date will change whatever might happen the next day in their joint hearing.

Until their daughter was 7, M.C. had sole custody.  Since the change in custody she sees her daughter once or twice weekly.

During the original lengthy custody battle, court papers show that M.C. was seen as a fit mother - and should be awarded custody - by a psychiatrist and two judges.  But, when one of the two judges ordered K.M. to pay out $700 a month in child support, and an additional $6,000 in support arrears, he only then began to fight for custody.

M.C. felt that she lost custody because her ex "got an expensive lawyer."  Joseph Tacopina, K.M.'s lawyer, contended that custody was awarded due to legitimate reasons.

The two began a relationship when M.C. was 18.  Police had been contacted by them at least six times due to violent altercations by 2000.   According to police and hospital records, the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau temporarily took away K.M.'s three guns by October 2000.

In regards to a 1999 incident when K.M. had handcuffed and arrested a bruised and scratched M.C., and then had her taken to the Lutheran Medical Center, she said, "He knows the law."

Has your child support been challenged because your ex has claimed a loss in income and now you're headed back to court?  Contact a family law attorney that specializes in child support to help you today!  

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