Having a special needs child has many challenges. One of the toughest challenges faced by many parents is knowing how to best care for their special needs child as they reach adulthood. There are many areas that need consideration when…
Many aging Americans depend on family members or friends to help manage their financial, health, and other affairs during retirement and beyond. They often believe that their family members will be able to take care of any issues that arise.…
While aging in place is very popular among the baby boomer generation, about one-third of those retirees would choose to live elsewhere. The family remains the most significant factor when deciding where retirees live, followed by the general livability of…
It’s easy for seniors to feel isolated during times like the holidays or when loved ones are away. Thankfully, technology has provided some interactive gadgets to help lessen feelings of isolation. One of those gadgets, called the GrandPad, is discussed…
Many people who visit our offices seek to avoid the situation in which life is prolonged at all costs. Subsisting on expensive life-support, long past when that treatment might improve life, is not an inviting prospect. For that reason, it’s…
When Jeanette’s mother was hospitalized, Jeanette’s father begged her, with tears in his eyes, to take care of her mother if he ever couldn’t. Of course, Jeanette said “yes.” Years later, when Jeanette’s father had gone and mother’s hearing and…
More and more family law litigants are turning to alternative dispute resolution processes to resolve their disputes. Among these processes are the collaborative process where both parties hire attorneys and all decisions are made together without involvement of a Judge;…
Cohabitation Clause Monmouth County A precedential ruling has been handed down by the New Jersey Supreme Court on May 3, 2016 enforcing a settlement agreement between divorced spouses that provided that alimony would terminate when the recipient of the alimony…
A Collaborative Divorce Can Help Protect Your Assets Making good financial decisions during divorce is critical to the outcome of a fair and just settlement. These decisions can be particularly overwhelming to a spouse who has not handled the finances…
Whether you are finalizing an agreement as a prelude to divorcing, either through the collaborative divorce process, through mediation, or through traditional divorce litigation, your attorney and you must take the time to make sure what you think you are…