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Firefighters, police officers, correctional officers, surgeons and others in physically demanding careers often retire well before the traditional retirement age. If you pay alimony, that raises an important question: can you retire early, and what happens to your alimony if you do?Read more

For a physician, chief executive, financial professional, public figure or business owner, divorce can create concerns that go well beyond the end of the marriage. How will sensitive financial information be handled? Will the dispute affect the business? Could allegations become public? How will a complex portfolio be valued? What happens to deferred compensation, partnershipRead more

For a physician, entrepreneur, partner or closely held business owner, divorce can affect much more than personal finances. It can raise questions about the value of the practice, ownership rights, cash flow, professional goodwill, business debt and the continued operation of the company. The concern I often hear is direct: “Can my spouse take partRead more

For corporate executives and other highly compensated professionals, income is rarely limited to a regular paycheck. Annual bonuses, restricted stock units, stock options, deferred compensation, carried interests, partnership distributions and long-term incentive plans may represent a substantial portion of a family’s wealth. When divorce becomes a possibility, these compensation arrangements require careful analysis. The value,Read more

When a marriage ends, one of the more surprising questions clients ask is about gifts: Can my spouse really claim half of the jewelry they gave me? In New Jersey, the answer is often yes, and the reason comes down to how the law treats gifts between spouses.Read more

In New Jersey, our court system is set up as a hierarchy. At the lowest level are the Municipal Courts. Above them are the Trial Courts (the Superior Court), then the Appellate Division, and at the top of the pyramid, the New Jersey Supreme Court. For example, a municipal court case can be appealed toRead more

A plain-English guide to New Jersey Extreme Risk Protective Orders—and how they differ from domestic-violence restraining orders By Ryan D. Foran, Esq., Partner, Adinolfi, Roberto & Burick, P.A. Most people have heard of a temporary restraining order, or TRO. Far fewer are familiar with an Extreme Risk Protective Order, commonly called an ERPO or aRead more

Over the first two posts in this series, beginning with Part 1 and continuing in Part 2, we covered what changed under P.L. 2025, Chapter 316, New Jersey’s amended custody statute, and we took a detailed look at the new rules around court-ordered therapy. In this final post, we want to bring things back downRead more

In Part 1 of this series, we introduced P.L. 2025, Chapter 316, New Jersey’s newly amended custody law. In this post, we are going to focus on what is arguably the most detailed part of the amendment: new restrictions on when and how a court can order therapy or reunification treatment involving a child. WhyRead more

If you are a parent going through a separation or divorce in New Jersey, or you already have a custody order in place, there is a new New Jersey custody law you should know about. On January 20, 2026, the Governor signed P.L. 2025, Chapter 316, which amends New Jersey’s main custody statute, R.S. 9:2-4.Read more