The State of New Jersey protects victims of domestic violence through its Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (PDVA) by empowering the family court to grant restraining orders to victims of domestic violence. In...
Can You Contract Away Your Child Support Obligation?
May 29, 2013
This question was answered by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division in Ocean County Board of Social Services v. D.R., decided on March 6, 2013. In this case, the child’s father agreed to give custody of the...
Building Effect of Marital Settlement Agreements
May 29, 2013
In many cases, a marital settlement agreement (MSA) or property settlement agreement (PSA) will be incorporated into a couple’s final judgment of divorce (FJOD). A MSA or PSA is an agreement between divorcing spouses, and...
Termination of Alimony Upon Cohabitation
May 08, 2013
The Appellate Division just issued an opinion that will change the alimony landscape in a case where an alimony recipient lives with someone in an attempt to avoid losing his/her alimony. In Reese v. Weis, the former wife...
International Custody Battles and Child Abductions
Apr 16, 2013
Child custody issues can be emotionally draining in even the simplest of cases. Add to that custody dispute an international custody battle and child abduction and the situation can seem unbearable. Take, for example, the...
