Typically, divorce cases are handled by the court on the “FM” docket and cases involving people that weren’t married but have children together are handled on the “FD” or non-dissolution…

Frequently, judicial opinions cite the cases that say settlement of disputes ranks high in New Jersey’s public policy.  Accordingly, it is very difficult to get a trial court to set…

When parties get divorced and there are children in high school or younger, they often reserve on what their financial contributions towards the children’s post-secondary educational expenses will look like.

Sadly, serious fractures in a parent-child relationship come up frequently in our practice.  Sometimes, it is because of a parent’s self-destructive conduct (e.g. drug or alcohol addiction, abuse, untreated mental…

As we have written before, alternate dispute resolution is a favored way to resolve divorce matters, whether it be mediation or binding arbitration.  One reason that people choose the arbitration…

In a recent unpublished (non-precedential) Appellate Division decision, K.W. v. S.W., the Court addressed income, expenses and bad faith within the context of a child support calculation and ongoing custody…

So you are in court or maybe on a conference with a judge and you make a factual statement about the other side.  Maybe it is about some less than…

We previously blogged about the Bisbing matter with respect to the precedent-setting decision that modified the standard for a custodial parent seeking to relocate with the minor children outside of…

The Appellate Division’s July 6, 2021 decision follows nearly a decade of post-judgment divorce litigation between the parties. Defendant appealed three (3) Family Part orders which (1) denied his motion…