contested custody and parenting matters require discovery and a plenary hearing
Continue Reading Another Custody and Parenting Matter Reversed For Failing to Hold a Plenary Hearing

Your Go-To Resource for New Jersey Family Law
contested custody and parenting matters require discovery and a plenary hearing…
Continue Reading Another Custody and Parenting Matter Reversed For Failing to Hold a Plenary Hearing
Parties can waive the change of circumstances requirement for custody and parenting time modification…
Continue Reading Yes, Parties Can Agree to Waive the Change of Circumstances Standard
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…
Continue Reading Who Can Serve as a Parent Coordinator? Appellate Division Doesn’t Know!We live in a very transient society; particularly New Jersey. There is greater outbound traffic from New Jersey than any other State. The reasons for these moves may vary, but…
Continue Reading Temporary Absences & Custody Determinations under the New Jersey UCCJEALast summer, Eliana Baer and Eric Solotoff of our Family Law Department achieved an Appellate Division victory when a trial court’s decision to allow our client’s ex-husband to obtain a…
Continue Reading A Reminder: No change of circumstances? No best interests of the child finding? No change of custody or parenting time..
I received an email earlier this week containing guidelines for parents who are sharing custody and parenting time of their children during the Coronavirus Pandemic which was prepared by the…
Continue Reading AAML & AFCC PROVIDE SEVEN GUIDELINES FOR PARENTS WHO ARE DIVORCED/SEPARATED AND SHARING CUSTODY OF CHILDREN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Last year I blogged on tri-parenting, or the concept whereby three parents agree to raise a child or children together as a family, with regard to the published New Jersey…
Continue Reading The Expansion of Tri-Parenting
In the case of M.C. v. P.C. (unreported, non-precedential), Judge Jones explores the issues surrounding mid-week overnight parenting time during the school year and its effect on the best interests…
Continue Reading Considerations When Determining a Midweek Overnight Parenting Time Schedule
Mark Ashton, a partner in our Exton (Chester County), Pennsylvania office and former editor of our Pennsylvania Family Law Blog wrote an interesting post entitled “Listening to Your Kids …
Continue Reading Read Mark Ashton’s Post “Listening to Your Kids During Traumatic Times”
Despite my reputation to the contrary, sometimes I am a softy – especially when it comes to children. Maybe it is due to my own experiences as a child of…
Continue Reading CAN A COURT GRANT A CHILD'S REQUEST TO HUG HER FATHER?