New Jersey Parental Rights Attorneys
Helping Clients Understand Their Rights and Obligations
All parents have rights and obligations when it comes to their children. It is important that both parents provide support and exercise their rights when it comes to seeing their children.
At Townsend, Tomaio & Newmark, L.L.C., in Morristown, New Jersey, we are aggressive advocates for parents. Our firm focuses our attention on family law cases, and has extensive experience handling matters that deal with the rights and obligations of parents. If you have questions or concerns about your parental rights or obligations, contact us today to schedule a consultation with a Morristown parental obligations attorney at our firm.
Paternity
In some situations, the parentage of the child must be determined in order to see that the proper child support and child custody arrangements are made. Our firm can help clients on either side of a paternity issue, either a mother seeking a DNA test or a potential father wanting to compel the mother to provide the child for testing. Once paternity is established, the correct individual can be involved in the child's life.
Child Support
Even if a father does not want to acknowledge a child as his, although a paternity test may have established this fact, he has an obligation to pay child support in order to help provide for the child. Child support is an obligation that all parents must pay, regardless of whether or not they want to.
New Jersey Custody and Visitation
It is important that both parents have a role in raising a child, along with seeing the child on a regular basis. A custody and/or visitation order should be created that preserves this right. We take the time to ensure our clients understand the many options they have when seeking the preservation of their physical access to the child, including:
- Joint legal custody
- Sole legal custody
- Sole physical custody
- Joint physical custody
- Visitation
- Supervised visitation
Contact Our Morris County Parental Obligations Lawyers
Contact us if you are based in North or Central Jersey — including Morris County, Somerset County, Essex County, Union County, Hunterdon County, Bergen County, Passaic County, Sussex County, Warren County, Mercer County, Middlesex County and Monmouth County — and are seeking assistance from a parental rights lawyer in understanding your options and obligations.