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The New York Times reports that some medical groups are pushing for doctors to consider not just the effectiveness of treatment, but also the cost of it when making patient care decisions. This would involve doctors...

On May 15, 2014, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on electronic cigarettes in light of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent decision to regulate the...

Welcome to Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri Webb LLC’s medical malpractice and personal injury blog! If you know us from our matrimonial blog, then you know that we will be blogging about new and different medical...

We have previously blogged about Ari Schochet, a former Wall Street portfolio manager who owes over $200,000 in alimony and child support arrears to his ex-wife and has been ordered incarcerated for failure to...

In New Jersey, a marriage may be dissolved in one of two ways:  divorce or annulment. There is a big difference between these two options. A New Jersey divorce ends a marriage, whereas an annulment nullifies a...

According to Yahoo Celebrity, after twenty years of marriage, Sara Kapfer has filed for a legal separation from her husband, Cuba Gooding, Jr.The petition was filed in California citing irreconcilable differences....

Sometimes, when a child’s parents separate, when one of the parents dies, or when there is a falling out in the family, grandparents are no longer permitted to see the child, or cannot see the child as often as they would...

Once a child support order is entered, the obligor parent (i.e., parent obligation to pay) is required to make the regular payments. If the obligor fails to make the required payments, then the obligee parent (i.e.,...

As more and more states recognize same sex marriage, some are also confirming parental rights for same sex parents.  In two recent, but slightly different circumstances, a spouse in a same sex marriage was given parental...

Though it didn’t feel like it, March 20 marked the first day of spring for 2014. It’s starting to get warmer, flowers are blooming, and the spring holidays are right around the corner. Everywhere you look you can’t help...

Alternative dispute resolution processes are processes that you may choose to utilize during your New Jersey divorce to avoid litigation. There are two alternative dispute resolution processes from which you...

Generally, when we think of child custody disputes, we think of two biological or adoptive parents fighting for custody of their child. However, under certain circumstances, a custody dispute can be between a biological...

Child custodyis often an issue in a New Jersey divorce. The disputes involved in a child custody battle are compounded when the dispute is between the United States and another country. When this occurs, the Uniform...

Sometimes, when one spouse has a final restraining order (FRO) against the other, the couple will, in their property settlement agreement (PSA) agree to vacate the FRO and replace it with matrimonial restraints that will be...

For many pet owners, our dogs and cats are members of our family. We do not look at them as property, but as family members that we love and cherish just as much as our other family members. This is why, when a couple that...

In November 2013, a New Jersey judge ruled that a father does not have the right to be present in the delivery room during the birth of his child if the child’s mother does not consent. This case, Plotnick v. Deluccia,...

According to TMZ, Ariane Raymondo-Felton has filed for divorce from New York Knicks basketball player, Raymond Felton, after their 18-month marriage. Raymondo-Felton filed for divorce on the ground of...

As part of  every New Jersey divorce, spouses are required to deal with the issue of dividing marital property (which includes both assets and debts) in a process called equitable distribution. Marital property...

The formal New Jersey divorce process begins when one spouse files a divorce complaint with the family court. Once the complaint is filed, the other party has 35 days to file an answer to the complaint. If an answer...

Recently, news sources, like Newsday, have reported that as the economy recovers, divorce rates start to rise. Though this may seem like an odd correlation, the fact that people that have a better economic position tend...