A key factor in how well a child adjusts to divorce is the ability for the parents to get along. Many parents are good about ensuring that the child is shielded from all of the conflict. However, some parents may inadvertently or even intentionally put the child in the middle by forcing the child to […]

It isn’t unusual for one woman to have two children fathered by two different men and receive child support from each man for his biological child. But when the two children are twins, it is certainly an unusual situation. Unusual or not, this scenario happened recently to a New Jersey woman. After the County Board […]

An individual who is the victim of physical abuse may file a domestic violence complaint with the Family Division of the Superior Court of the state of New Jersey. If the court has jurisdiction, it may issue a restraining order to protect the victim from further acts of physical violence. Depending upon the circumstances and […]

After identifying the marital property that was acquired during the marriage, it is up to the parties to decide and settle on its distribution following divorce. If the parties cannot reach an agreement between themselves (through the assistance of a mediator or their attorneys) as to how the property will be divided, the Court can […]

There are many misconceptions about what constitutes marital property, and what does not. Some believe that property acquired during the marriage in one spouse’s name remains their sole property post-divorce. Others oHoehave the completely opposite belief that any property acquired during the marriage, from any source, regardless of whether received by means of inheritance or […]

Actress Pamela Anderson and Rick Saloman have divorced each other again. This would be the second time the pair has married and divorced. Their first marriage lasted only two months and was annulled. They were married the second time in 2013, and Anderson filed for divorce in 2014. Their divorce and tremendous settlement has made […]

New Jersey law holds the best interests of the child to be the most important factor in any decisions related to custody. Trying to determine precisely what the best interests of the child may be, researchers have probed into the exact way that children react to the divorce of their parents. Nearly 150,000 schoolchildren were […]

If you are a single parent it may be difficult to obtain a passport for your child. This difficulty is only exacerbated when you do not know where the child’s other parent is located. Generally, the State Department requires both parents to sign an application for a child’s passport. When one parent is missing and […]

There has been an ongoing debate over the policy of sending parents in New Jersey to jail for failing to make child support payments. Proponents of the jail time incentive say that it is an effective way to get noncustodial parents to pay the back child support that they owe. People who disagree with sending […]

New Jersey residents who are divorcing may want to think about updating important personal documents with their new status. This includes changing any beneficiary designations, which must be done separately from rewriting a will. When this change should be made depends upon individual circumstances. An individual who is planning to file for divorce but hasn’t […]