How much proof is required to get a hearing to modify child support and alimony. Supposedly, not so much. Moreover, the veracity of the proofs is an issue for trial.
Continue Reading How Much Job Search Information Do You Have to Provide When Seeking to Modify Alimony Due to Job Loss?The use of technology such as air tags, listening devices, hidden recorders, gps devices can…
Continue Reading Air Tags and Listening Devices Can be Domestic Violence Too!First Discussion of Coercive Control in a Reported Appellate Decision Since it Was Added to the Domestic Violence Statute
In a reported (precedential) opinion, the Appellate Division discusses coercive control for the first time…
Continue Reading First Discussion of Coercive Control in a Reported Appellate Decision Since it Was Added to the Domestic Violence StatuteFlying a Drone Over Your Spouse’s Home and Remotely Locking her Computer Found to be Domestic Violence
Flying a drone over a spouse’s home and remotely accessing and locking her out of…
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From Discretion to Direction: Understanding New Jersey’s Updated Child Custody Law
New Jersey recently made important changes to N.J.S.A. 9:2-4, the statute that governs child custody and parenting time. While the law continues to focus on the “best interests of the…
Continue Reading From Discretion to Direction: Understanding New Jersey’s Updated Child Custody LawA not uncommon New Year’s resolution people make is to change their life by divorcing, deciding that they don’t want to be unhappy for another year.
Continue Reading The New Year’s Resolution Divorce – 2026 EditionOpen durational alimony is generally granted only if a marriage lasts 20 years. Feeling that your marriage is not 20 years long does not make it so. Marriage is typically…
Continue Reading Feeling Like Your Marriage Wasn’t 20 Years Does Not Make it SoAwards of Counsel Fees When Successfully Prosecuting, but not Defending, An Act of Domestic Violence
When a party in New Jersey successfully obtains a domestic violence Final Restraining Order, they are entitled to counsel fees as part of the damages. However, parties are not typically…
Continue Reading Awards of Counsel Fees When Successfully Prosecuting, but not Defending, An Act of Domestic ViolenceTrial court erred in ordering unused 529 funds to be divided equally between the parties when it was not even clear that they were marital assets that should or could…
Continue Reading Trial Court Makes Mess With Sua Sponte Division of Unused 529 FundsCurious Appellate Decision Affirming the Denial of Sole Custody and Appointment of a Parenting Coordinator
Court gives Parent Coordinator power to craft a parenting plan despite case law and court rules that don’t allow for that power.
Continue Reading Curious Appellate Decision Affirming the Denial of Sole Custody and Appointment of a Parenting CoordinatorCommon law marriage does not exist in New Jersey. If you want treatment as a spouse or surviving spouse, you need to enter in a marriage, civil union or domestic…
Continue Reading No, Common Law Marriage Still Doesn’t Exist in New JerseyMaking False Allegations To The Police Found To Be Harassment and Coercive Control Warranting a Final Restraining Order
False reports to the police alleging a violation of a final restraining order considered harassment and coercive control warranting a FRO.
Continue Reading Making False Allegations To The Police Found To Be Harassment and Coercive Control Warranting a Final Restraining OrderWhen a Prenuptial Agreement Says “Waiving All Rights”, It Really Does Mean Waiving All Rights
When a prenuptial agreement says “waiving all rights” it really means waiving all rights, including to an elective share even if the term elective share is not explicitly stated.
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