It is not uncommon for grandparents or other family members to get custody of other family members when the children’s parents have issues preventing them from caring for their children
Continue Reading Do Parents have to Consent to Relatives Becoming Psychological Parents?Eric S. Solotoff
The New Year’s Resolution Divorce – 2024 Edition
For many divorce attorneys, the busy season starts after the first of the year. Since practically the inception of this blog, I have posted on the phenomenon of the New…
Continue Reading The New Year’s Resolution Divorce – 2024 EditionThe Intersection of Family Law, Estate Law and Federal Law
On November 14, 2023, the Appellate Division decided an interesting case that implicated the intersection of family law, estate law and federal law. The reported (precedential) decision In the Matter…
Continue Reading The Intersection of Family Law, Estate Law and Federal LawWhen it Comes to Shared Parenting, Shouldn’t the Ability to Co-Parent be Paramount?
Almost like King Solomon suggesting that a child be cut in two so that each parent can have half, more and more, I am hearing about judges and custody evaluators…
Continue Reading When it Comes to Shared Parenting, Shouldn’t the Ability to Co-Parent be Paramount?New Guidelines and Forms for Parent Coordinators Published
As I noted last month, there is a new court rule for parent coordinators effective September 1, 2023. At the time, they had not yet published the Guidelines.
Continue Reading New Guidelines and Forms for Parent Coordinators PublishedSupreme Court Decides Cardali – Prima Facie Case of Cohabitation Now Easier to Show
Despite the Appellate Division decision in the Temple case in 2021 that seemingly made it easier to show a prima facie case of cohabitation necessary to get discovery and perhaps…
Continue Reading Supreme Court Decides Cardali – Prima Facie Case of Cohabitation Now Easier to ShowNew Court Rule for Parent Coordinators Coming September 1st
From the earliest days of this blog in 2008, one of my frequent topics has been the use of parent coordinators. Originally, there was a Pilot Program instituted by…
Continue Reading New Court Rule for Parent Coordinators Coming September 1stVindictive Report to DCPP Can Constitute Harassment Under the Domestic Violence Statute
It should come as no surprise that after the end of a relationship, people sometimes do bad things to the former love of their life. Really, it’s a tale as…
Continue Reading Vindictive Report to DCPP Can Constitute Harassment Under the Domestic Violence StatuteIs a Gift a Gift if You Don’t Know You Got it?
The issue of gifting comes up with some frequency in family law cases. Generally, gifts from third parties that are not subsequently commingled are exempt from equitable distribution. Parties also…
Continue Reading Is a Gift a Gift if You Don’t Know You Got it?Who Can Serve as a Parent Coordinator? Appellate Division Doesn’t Know!
I have written a bunch on this blog about the use of parent coordinators. In fact, one of the most read blog posts on this blog, almost 4 years after…
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