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APPELLATE DIVISION ADDRESSES RETIREMENT APPLICATION UNDER AMENDED ALIMONY LAW
Litigants and family lawyers have eagerly awaited each decision from the Appellate Division that could shed some light on the numerous provisions in the amended alimony law that became effective on...
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APPELLATE DIVISION ANALYZES WHAT IT MEANS TO “ABANDON” A CHILD “BY WILLFULLY...
Family law and estate law are undoubtedly two very personal areas of the law that often cross-over with one another depending on the issues at hand. In the Matter of the Estate of Michael D. Fisher,...
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NEW JERSEY EMANCIPATION STATUTE SIGNED BY GOVERNOR CHRISTIE
On Tuesday, January 19th, Governor Christie took a break from his busy presidential campaign to sign several new pieces of pending legislation, one of which was New Jersey’s pending emancipation...
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The Lawyer the Liar
The way things have gone lately, I thought it was time to reprise this blog post, originally published in April of 2014. It is unfortunate for the system and the litigants to have to endure the...
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Divorcing from Your Spouse’s Student Loan Debt
I recently came across an article, Getting Financially Naked with Your Partner, by Erin Lowry, that got me thinking about a question that is bound to arise more and more in this practice. Millennials,...
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The Supreme Court Finds a Right to Counsel for Indigent Parents Opposing...
In the recent decision In the Matter of the Adoption of a Child by J.E.V. and D.G.V., the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously held that: [A]n indigent parent who faces termination of parental rights...
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New Jersey Superior Court Opines on a Child’s “Giftedness” in Published Child...
Many parents want to believe their children are “gifted,” but do they know that this “giftedness” may increase their child support obligations? Judge Jones’ new published (precedential) opinion, P.S....
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Let’s (Not) Make a Deal
While we do not typically blog on cases outside of the family court, a recent law division case examined the child support lien statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:56.23b and its impact on settling a personal injury...
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How Can The Answer Be No Before You Know What The Question Is?
We have all had those cases where any request that we made, big or small, has been rejected by the other side and any requests that our client has made to her/his spouse is similarly rejected. They...
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Settling Your Case Comes With Great Power and Great Responsibility
Amicably settling your divorce matter is almost always better than taking your chances at a trial before a trial judge who knows almost nothing about your life. Not only can settling save you...
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