Under the New Jersey Court Rules, a trial judge presiding over a custody hearing is free to conduct an in-camera interview with the children whose custody is at issue, whether
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contested custody and parenting matters require discovery and a plenary hearing
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Parties can waive the change of circumstances requirement for custody and parenting time modification
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Alienation leads to sole legal and residential custody
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I have extensively blogged on the importance of formalizing arbitration agreements in the context of divorce or post-judgment actions in compliance with the applicable Court rules, offering technical and practical
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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
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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
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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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An oldie but a goodie. This blog post was originally published on April 14, 2014. With Passover approaching next week, it is an opportune time to re-share and allow you
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New Jersey is among the minority of states requiring divorced parents to pay for college tuition on behalf of their children. While there are many criticisms of this particular law
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