Today was a good day. For me and for my client. It fills me with hope that tomorrow will also be a good day. Why you ask? After 36 years
Continue Reading Adult Child Actions to Establish Paternity – Knowing Who You Are
A New Jersey Divorced Parent’s Guide to Paying for College
With the costs of college ballooning out of control, determining which of the divorced parents will pay for what percentage of a child or the children’s college has evolved into
Continue Reading A New Jersey Divorced Parent’s Guide to Paying for College
Are Agreements to Make Your Children Take Out Student Loans to Pay for College Enforceable?
It is not unusual for parties to address their children’s college education in their Marital Settlement Agreements. If children are college age or close, parties may actually specifically determine the
Continue Reading Are Agreements to Make Your Children Take Out Student Loans to Pay for College Enforceable?
Let’s (Not) Make a Deal
While we do not typically blog on cases outside of the family court, a recent law division case examined the child support lien statute, N.J.S.A. 2A:56.23b and its impact on
Continue Reading Let’s (Not) Make a Deal
When You Sue Your Parents to Pay for College, You May Be Emancipated
In a new published (precedential) decision, Ricci v. Ricci, the Appellate Division addressed an adult child’s (an oxymoron, I know) request for her divorced parents to contribute to her
Continue Reading When You Sue Your Parents to Pay for College, You May Be Emancipated
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RETAINING YOUR DIVORCE LAWYER
As a matrimonial litigant, you never want to feel that your lawyer does not know how best to take you through the divorce or post-divorce process. After spending substantial sums
Continue Reading A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RETAINING YOUR DIVORCE LAWYER
Alimony Obligors May Find Relief for Decreased Income Under New Statute
It’s a story as old as time in the New Jersey courts. Alimony is set based upon the income of parties to a divorce, but then years later, a spouse
Continue Reading Alimony Obligors May Find Relief for Decreased Income Under New Statute
Do Parents Have an Obligation to Pay for Grad School? One New Jersey Trial Court Says, “It depends” Under Current Law and the Newly Enacted Statute
More and more, when discussing the payment of college education expenses with clients for their children, I am being asked, “What about graduate school?” The guiding principal behind that question,
Continue Reading Do Parents Have an Obligation to Pay for Grad School? One New Jersey Trial Court Says, “It depends” Under Current Law and the Newly Enacted Statute
New Jersey Superior Court Opines on a Child’s “Giftedness” in Published Child Support Ruling
Many parents want to believe their children are “gifted,” but do they know that this “giftedness” may increase their child support obligations?
Judge Jones’ new published (precedential) opinion, P.S. v.
Continue Reading New Jersey Superior Court Opines on a Child’s “Giftedness” in Published Child Support Ruling
Judge Jones Provides Some New Clarity Just Ahead of the NJ Emancipation Statute
Signed into law on January 19, 2016, New Jersey’s emancipation law is set to take effect on February 1, 2017 and will apply to all child support orders issued prior
Continue Reading Judge Jones Provides Some New Clarity Just Ahead of the NJ Emancipation Statute