Relocation with children is always a hot button issue. That said, since the Supreme Court decided Bisping in 2017 (which we previously blogged on), relocation got more difficult because
Continue Reading What To Do/What Not to Do When the Other Parent Removes Children to Another State
As I have blogged here before, despite it not being the law and not really supported by the social science, many judges and even many custody experts have taken the
Continue Reading Once Again, Appellate Division Reaffirms That Joint Physical Custody is “Rare”
I started reading C.G. v. D.W., an unreported (non-precedential) Appellate Division case released on March 1, 2024, sucked in by the opening sentence about the court’s denial of an intra-state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
As 2022 comes to a close (who can believe it?), I find myself reflecting on the year past, and also planning for the year ahead. 2022 has certainly has its
Continue Reading Top 10 Divorce Trends in 2022For decades, when a custodial parent wanted to move out of state, it would not be unusual to hear that if the court or other party won’t let me leave
Continue Reading I’m Moving With the Kids To Burlington County – Not So Fast
Just over a year after the New Jersey Supreme Court changed the standard to be applied in removal, or interstate relocation, cases, the Appellate Division in Dever v. Howell (an
Continue Reading In a New Post-Bisbing Decision, the Appellate Division Highlights the Significance of the Requirement to Show Cause for a Proposed Interstate Move
In what seemed like an eventual, but no less dramatic change in family law jurisprudence, the Supreme Court of New Jersey in Bisbing v. Bisbing overturned the well-established two-part test
Continue Reading Supreme Court of New Jersey Departs from Standard Utilized in Relocation Cases
In many custody disputes, a primary area of concern is one parent’s ability to relocate with the children after the divorce is over. Relocation requests have been characterized as often
Continue Reading Appellate Division Addresses Non-Relocation Agreement in New Published Decision
In today’s ever-increasing mobile society, divorced or separate families find themselves relocating for a variety of reasons, including employment opportunities, new relationships, financial incentives and to be closer to family.
Continue Reading Custody and Parenting Time Issues of the “Interstate Child”
In the recently published 67-page trial court decision of D.G. and S.H. v. K.S., the trial court dealt with the novel issue of custody and parenting time in a
Continue Reading A Tri-Parenting Conundrum and the Evolution of Custody and Parenting Time