It should come as no surprise that a child’s best interests change over time. That is one of the reasons why, under the law, that custody and parenting time Orders
Continue Reading Moving Closer and a Child’s Maturation Can Be Changed Circumstances to Modify Custody
In the late 1990s when the Child Support Guidelines were drastically changed to account for overnight parenting as well as shared parenting, the terms Parent of Primary Residence (PPR) and
Continue Reading When Parenting Time is 50-50, There Isn’t Usually a Parent of Primary Residence (PPR)
contested custody and parenting matters require discovery and a plenary hearing
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When parenting time changes from 50-50 to no overnights, that is a change of circumstances.
Continue Reading I Guess Going From 50-50 to No Overnights for 19 Months Is a Change of Circumstances
Since the US Supreme Court decided Troxel v. Granville in 2000, grandparents have had an uphill battle obtaining grandparent visitation. While the New Jersey standard was set in Moriarty v.
Continue Reading Proving Psychological Parentage Not Required for Grandparent Visitation, But it Sure Does Help
Alienation leads to sole legal and residential custody
Continue Reading A Court Actually Found Alienation and Did Something About It – How Novel
I started reading C.G. v. D.W., an unreported (non-precedential) Appellate Division case released on March 1, 2024, sucked in by the opening sentence about the court’s denial of an intra-state
Continue Reading Custody Decision Vacated Over Failure to Interview 10 Year Old To Find Out His Preference
Alimony is generally modifiable if a substantial and continuing change of circumstances can be shown. Typically, when we think about changes of circumstances in this regard, we generally look at
Continue Reading Changes in Parenting Responsibilities Can Be a Change of Circumstances to Increase Alimony
Going back more than three decades, there are Appellate Division cases that offer caution about the abuse of the domestic violence statute to get a leg up in an impending
Continue Reading Courts Should Not Issue FROs To Address Parenting Issue