As we have written before, alternate dispute resolution is a favored way to resolve divorce matters, whether it be mediation or binding arbitration. One reason that people choose the arbitration
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Whataboutism – It isn’t Just for Politics Anymore
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So you are in court or maybe on a conference with a judge and you make a factual statement about the other side. Maybe it is about some less than…
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Income for Support Purposes Includes Bonuses and Deferred Compensation – Well No Kidding
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We see it all of the time. The support (alimony and child support) obligor’s income is made up of multiple components – typically salary, bonus and/or deferred compensation. In cases…
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Even At a Default Hearing, An Expert Report is Inadmissable Hearsay if the Expert Doesn’t Testify
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Very often, uncertified expert reports are attached to certifications and courts are asked to accept them though there is no ability to cross examine the expert, etc. Sometimes, that even…
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Thoughts On Moving Cases Forward In Light of the Impact of Coronavirus
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Prior to the current coronavirus pandemic and resulting shelter in place orders, in many counties, there was already serious backlogs. What that means is that trial dates were hard to…
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How the Economic Downturn and Financial Impact of Coronavirus Could Be Felt in 2021 and Beyond
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An all too familiar, if not overused, term to describe all thing Covid 19/Corona virus is “unprecedented.” In an attempt to avoid politics, whether any of this was foreseeable or…
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Debunking the Myth That Percentage Used in the So-Called “Alimony Rule of Thumb” Should Go Down as the Payer’s Income Goes Up
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It has been said over and over again that there are no formula’s to determine alimony. As I have blogged in the past, other than one legal malpractice referencing …
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Appellate Division Examines Proofs Required to Establish Mental Incapacity and Lack of Consent Under the Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act (SASPA)
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In a recent published (i.e. precedential) decision, C.R. v. M.T., the New Jersey Appellate Division elaborated upon the legal standard proving that a sexual encounter during which one party…
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I’m Moving With the Kids To Burlington County – Not So Fast
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For 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…
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The Inability or Refusal to Settle By the Lawyer, Not the Litigant
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In one of the earliest posts I did on this blog going back ten years or more, I posited that you can only really settle when the time is right…
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