When a minor child experiences gender dysphoria and desires to be identified by the opposite gender from their biological gender, parents are left with a tough decision as to whether their child should legally change his or...
When a child becomes emancipated from his or her parents, this means that the parents are no longer obligated to pay financial support. Prior to or during the marriage, parties will often establish in writing at what...
In order to constitute abuse or neglect of a child under New Jersey law, the parent’s conduct must pose an imminent risk of harm to the child at the time of the event that triggered The Division of Child Protection and...
If an individual paying alimony or child support seeks a reduction in his or her obligation, New Jersey law has established a two-step test for deciding whether a modification of alimony is...
Parental rights may be terminated for several reasons, including (1) that the child’s safety or health is endangered by the parental relationship; (2) the parent is unable or unwilling to eliminate the harm facing the...
When Can a Parent Move to Emancipate a Child in NJ?
Jul 06, 2017
When a child becomes emancipated from his or her parents, this means that the parents can no longer make decisions for the child and that the parents are not obligated to pay financial support. The question is often...
Custody and Alimony: Sensitive Subjects in a Divorce
Jul 05, 2017
Issues of custody are typically a difficult subject for parents who have just been through a divorce. Regardless of each parents’ position on custody, the court will always side with the best interests...
In Abed v. Farag the parties were married for seven years with two children before the wife (“Plaintiff”) filed for divorce. The parties entered an oral settlement on record which was incorporated into...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued a warning regarding the potentially dangerous health risks associated with the consumption of body building supplements. A consumer safety release by the FDA...
In New Jersey, a child can be legally emancipated when the fundamental dependent relationship between the parent and child is concluded, and the parties’ obligation to pay any child support terminates with the...
In Deruvo v. Demeo, the parties were married for nine years prior to a 2010 divorce. Their property settlement agreement (PSA) included a provision entitling Plaintiff to ownership of the parties’...
The parties in Lomangino v. Lomangino were married for eleven years with two children being born prior to Plaintiff filing for divorce. Defendant operated his father’s business while Plaintiff was employed as...
In any application for alimony, it is the trial judge’s obligation to weigh the factors set forth in N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23(b). A few of the most important factors in making this determination include: (1) the...
New Jersey law can impute income where a court finds one party is voluntarily underemployed or unemployed. Examples of what courts consider for imputing income in child support obligations include a parties’ work...
In New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23A sets forth several factors in the consideration of child support obligations of a parent. A few examples include 1) the needs of the child; 2) the needs and capacity of...
New Jersey state law protects citizens against retaliation by an employer for raising issues in the workplace. If you have been fired, demoted, disciplined, or harassed in response to following proper complaint procedures in...
If you are injured in an accident and seek to recover economic damages, there’s a strong likelihood the Defendant(s) and his or her insurance company will try to argue that you’re entitled only to...
The history of litigation between the husband and wife in Kissoondath v. Kissoondath was “significant,” “protracted,” “substantial,” and “acrimonious,” and has included numerous post-judgment...
We are very delighted to announce that Charles C. Abut, Esq. has joined Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri Webb LLC! We welcome Charles to the firm as Of Counsel. Charles is very well-known and respected in the family...
The husband and wife in Rivera v. Rivera-Torres were married for 25 years before divorcing on March 2, 2012. The Final Judgment of Divorce (FJOD) ordered the husband to pay $125 per week in permanent alimony....
