Parent coordinators are not permitted to calculate child support much less child support arrears.
Continue Reading No, Parent Coordinators Cannot Calculate Child Support and ArrearsIf You Want a Modification of Parenting Time to Stick, Get it in Writing Because Years Worth of Conduct Can Be Ignored
parties who modify parenting time should put it in writing in an agreement or consent…
Continue Reading If You Want a Modification of Parenting Time to Stick, Get it in Writing Because Years Worth of Conduct Can Be IgnoredIf Standard of Living is Not Calculated at the Time of the Divorce, Courts Have to Calculate it Before Deciding a Modification Request – Who Knew?
Denial of request to modify alimony reversed because the trial court never calculated marital lifestyle…
Continue Reading If Standard of Living is Not Calculated at the Time of the Divorce, Courts Have to Calculate it Before Deciding a Modification Request – Who Knew?Another Appellate Division Decision Implicating the Proper Standard for Reconsideration
The proper standard for motions for reconsideration has seemingly confounded judges and attorneys for years. …
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Coercive Financial Control Starting to Take a Foothold in Domestic Violence Cases
A new Appellate Division case shows that it does not take much to prove coercive control.
Continue Reading Coercive Financial Control Starting to Take a Foothold in Domestic Violence CasesToo often, joint legal custody is the default, even when one or both parents show no ability to communicate, cooperate or co-parent. Should this be the case?
Continue Reading Are There Situations Where Joint Legal Custody is Simply Inappropriate?How Much Job Search Information Do You Have to Provide When Seeking to Modify Alimony Due to Job Loss?
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 be considered domestic violence
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 since it was added to New Jersey’s Domestic Violence Statute.
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 her computer was found to be harassment warranting a domestic violence Final Restraining Order.
Continue Reading Flying a Drone Over Your Spouse’s Home and Remotely Locking her Computer Found to be Domestic ViolenceFrom 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…
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