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When can the Court restrain a parent from allowing unsupervised contact between his/her child(ren) and his/her significant other? An issue that often comes up in legal disputes involving children is whether significant others...

In order for a child support award to be entered by the New Jersey Family Court, the Court must have jurisdiction over the child support dispute. Issues involving jurisdiction are often complicated and depend on the...

The New Jersey alimony reform movement pushes onward. There are already a variety of alimony reform bills pending before the New Jersey legislature, and now, according to the New Jersey Law Journal, on February 10, the...

A battered woman is someone who has been a victim of domestic violence. Generally, domestic violence is understood as a cycle that has three phases: the tension building phase, a battering incident, and a tranquil...

Every day, people all over the world connect to each other through their social media accounts, whether through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, or any other social networking site or mobile application. For many...

A Judgment of Divorce granted by the New Jersey Superior Court, Family Division, terminates a marriage under the laws of New Jersey.  However, a litigant may continue to be married to their “ex-spouse” under the laws...

A Prenuptial Agreement, often referred to as a “Prenup,” is an agreement that a couple enters into prior to marriage in order to protect certain individual assets and other rights in the event that the marriage...

One of the remedies for victims of domestic violence is a final restraining order (FRO), which prohibits contact between the batterer and the victim. In New Jersey, FROs are permanent, meaning they last forever....

New York Daily News reports that former New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer and his wife of 26 years, Silda Wall, have filed for divorce, six years after Spitzer was caught in a prostitution ring scandal. The...

When a child support order is entered in a New Jersey divorce, very often the supporting parent is required to obtain life insurance for the benefit of the children in order to ensure their continued financial support should...

Once a child support order is entered, the parent obligated to make the payment must do so until the child is emancipated, which occurs when the fundamental dependence of the parent-child relationship is over. Applying this...

The Huffington Post reports that former Disney Channel actress Hillary Duff and former NHL star Mike Comrie have separated after more than three years of marriage and that divorce is...

On September 27, 2013, the Superior Court of New Jersey, in Garden State Equality v. Dow, ruled that banning same-sex marriage violated New Jersey’s Constitution. This ruling was vulnerable since it had come from...

After child custody has been decided by the family court, the court will consider visitation for the non-custodial parent. Many factors will be taken into consideration when determining a visitation schedule, and...

Traditionally, the coming of the New Year has been a time for making changes in our lives. Perhaps because of this, many times the New Year brings with it an influx of divorces. If you plan on filing for divorce in the New...

When a marriage ends in a New Jersey divorce, the spouses’ property (assets and liabilities) must be divided between them. In New Jersey, this is done through a process called equitable distribution, which is...

Multiple sources, including TMZ, have recently reported that Chris Rock has filed for divorce from his current wife, Malaak Compton-Rock.  They have been married for 19 years and have two minor daughters.  Because the...

Many people file for divorce because his or her spouse committed adultery. When that happens, very often the following question comes up: what role will the act of adultery play in my New Jersey divorce? Frequently,...

Once a child support order is entered in New Jersey, the person ordered to make the payments (obligor) is obligated to do so until the child is emancipated. If the obligor encounters a decrease in income, for...

With every custody dispute or settlement, comes an award of child support. When ordering an award of child support, the New Jersey family judge will look to the Child Support Guidelines in Appendix...