Collaborative Divorce Attorney Monmouth County While there is a definite advantage to both parties going through a divorce to settle their issues amicably, which is usually through the collaborative divorce process, or through mediation, you should not think that an…
Child Support Termination Monmouth County On January 19, 2016, Governor Christie signed S-1046/A-2721 into law. This law establishes 19 as the age when a child support and/or medical support obligation will end. The new law allows for child and/or medical…
Grandparents Visitation Rights Monmouth County In Anthony C. Major v. Julie Maguire, decided by the New Jersey Supreme Court on January 12, 2016, the issue addressed by the Court was the procedure for case management and for determining whether a…
Dealing with Suspicions of Child Abuse by the Other Parent Divorcing parents often struggle emotionally with the reality of having less time with their children; this adjustment is particularly difficult when one parent believes that the other parent is abusing…
In Craft v. Bugbee a couple with two teenaged children negotiated an agreement concerning their parenting time with the children as part of their divorce.(PTA). The agreement allowed the mother to move to California with the children but it provided…
The New Jersey Supreme Court has adopted a rule that creates a “unified mental health service provider privilege,” which will reorganize the current patchwork of privileges which offer varying degrees of protection to professionals. New Jersey Rule of Evidence 534…
In Gnall v Gnall, decided on July 28, 2015, the NJ Supreme Court decided that a trial judge must analyze all of the statutory factors when deciding what type of alimony (unlimited durational; limited duration; rehabilitative; or reimbursement alimony) and…
Obtaining a Divorce in New Jersey Most actions for Divorce are started by filing a Complaint for Divorce in the Family Part of your County Courthouse. In a Collaborative Divorce, rather than rush into litigation and be subjected to multiple…
On April 22, 2015, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, in a precedential opinion, upheld the denial of the application for the issuance of three handgun permits and a firearms purchaser identification card to an Aberdeen…
APPELLATE COURT BARS MEDIATION OF POST-DIVORCE DISPUTES AFTER ENTRY OF A FINAL RESTRAINING ORDER Post Divorce Disputes Monmouth County, NJ On April 1, 2015, the Superior Court of NJ, Appellate Division ruled in the case of O.P. v. L.G-P. that…