One of the more difficult scenarios to deal with during a divorce is when the higher earner who will likely have to pay alimony and child support, loses her/his job…

Under the guise of the concept that “it costs more to live in two houses than it does one” or “when parties are living separate, they both can’t continue to…

A previous post from August 22, 2010 defined “shared parenting” by New Jersey standards, specifically: anything between 28% (104 overnights) and 50% of the overnights with the children. This comes…

More and more, we have seen medical practices bought up by hospitals, large medical groups and venture capitalists who combine the practices into mega-practices or networks.  In those cases, often…

As I anticipated in a prior blog about general vaccinations, the hot topic is now how a COVID-19 vaccination status impacts parental rights.  I recently gave a lecture about…

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…