New Jersey family courts consider a variety of factors, such as the age of a child and a person’s parental fitness, when deciding who gets custodial rights over said child. Once this is decided, a plan of visitation must be laid out. One of the most beneficial options for all parties is known as reasonable […]

Every divorce lawyer will tell you that the most stressful part of the last two weeks of December is handling disputes between parents regarding who will have parenting time over the holidays, and determining what the schedule will be.  Regardless of how much planning goes into a parenting time schedule, often times “life happens” and […]

New Jersey parents may have some misconceptions related to child support in divorce proceedings. All 50 states have set up guidelines in order to determine what the appropriate child support payment should be. A common misunderstanding about what courts take into account about child support is that it is only necessary to cover clothing, food […]

When New Jersey parents divorce, decisions about legal and physical custody of their children need to be made. In many cases, a judge assigns joint legal custody, which means both parents have a say in making major decisions about a child’s life. Both parents must communicate and could need to make choices together about health, […]

The Case Information Statement (or “CIS”) is arguably the most important document that you will create during the divorce process, especially if there are issues of support or other financial questions in your case. The Case Information Statement is a document which is filed with the court setting forth the financial details ofyour case. Financial […]

Property division can be a messy affair in any divorce. Whenever a divorce involves high assets, including such things as inheritances, significant property holdings, retirement accounts and numerous types of accounts, it can be almost nightmarish in complexity. Property that is to be divided is the marital property of the couple. Normally, marital property is […]