Unless you can find someone who has been living under a rock for the past month, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who hasn’t heard of the recent divorce of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes – which is arguably the most high profile divorce of the year. Although the abruptness of the TomKat […]

A panel of legal experts recently got together to determine if they can develop a uniform set of child custody laws for military members – members who often face legal difficulties when family custody disputes arise while they are deployed. Different States, Different Child Custody Laws Since the original Gulf War, many individual states enacted […]

Dennis Rodman, former NBA player, is not known for any squeaky clean image. His history wouldn’t classify him as a very family friendly figure. If he wants to move past a couple of legal hurdles he’s currently facing, then he might want to work on his reputation. Reuters reports that Rodman has recently become subject […]

It is becoming a bit difficult to keep up with the many updates in the child custody and child support case between Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and model Gabriel Aubry. Our most recent post about the former couple’s family law dispute laid out Berry’s hope to take their daughter with her and her new fiancé […]

The economic landscape has changed a lot in just the past decade. What may have seemed obvious or normal before (like the promise of the real estate market) is no longer so obvious. It used to be a common goal and plan for parents that they would pay for their kids’ college tuition when that […]

When most people get married, they are relatively young. They probably don’t have any gray hair and can’t even imagine that they will be senior citizens someday. Still, there is the implicit promise with “I do” that a married couple will grow old together. Recent divorce trends, however, suggest that growing old together has its […]

Ten years ago, if someone heard the name Mel Gibson, they would think of a heartthrob actor with a heart of gold. But the past several years have revealed some shadier sides of the leading man such as an anti-Semitic side and a potential tendency toward violence. It would seem, however, that Gibson is now […]

When the right to make a commitment to a same-sex partner varies from state to state, and when laws protecting the rights of same-sex couples seem vulnerable, it can make for a confusing legal and family landscape. When same-sex couples want to dissolve their unions, they face various financial tangles that they would not need […]

Naming a child is an exciting, important decision that all parents make. Some will name their kids for a family member or after a song or place that they love. It is also common for parents to name their child after a star or historical figure that they love. For a pair of New Jersey […]

Gay marriage is currently one of the fastest-changing areas of family law in the United States. New Jersey is one of several states that recognize civil unions between same-sex couples. Civil unions afford same-sex couples all the same benefits available to married couple under state law. However, federal benefits, including joint federal income tax filing, […]