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Last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court adopted a new rule into the New Jersey Rules of Evidence.  This rule, N.J.R.E. 534, creates a unified privilege of confidentiality for patients with their mental healthcare...

The mother in Van Ramshorst v. Cengiz is a born and raised citizen of the Netherlands, but she now lives as a permanent resident in New Jersey.  As the primary custodial parent, she filed a motion almost three...

Two years ago, the Family Part found in New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency v. J.L. that a mother abused her oldest daughter.  It all started when a staff member at the daughter’s school...

Last week, the Judiciary Committee on Opinions approved Kakstys v. Stevens, a trial court case, for publication.  The case addressed “the retroactive establishment of an initial child support obligation in a...

Upon their divorce in 2010, the ex-husband in Canal v. Canal agreed to pay his ex-wife limited duration alimony.  He would pay her $104,000 a year for seven years, and he would pay child support for their three...