Stuck at home in the pandemic like everyone else? This may be the perfect time to mediate your divorce or custody issues and finally put those issues to rest. With Family Court hearings and trials delayed or paused, most attorneys trapped in their offices or working from home, and litigants accessible from anywhere, this isRead more
Even if you live in another state from your children, you or your children can travel for parenting time, especially holiday parenting time. Flying may be more stressful for some people right now than it normally is, even though airlines have implemented new policies in an effort to keep their passengers and crew healthy and safe. The first step in planning your children’s visit isRead more
I’m Not Telling and You Can’t Make Me We have all seen shows on television where the case is mid-trial, someone is sitting in the witness box being examined by an attorney pacing in front of the witness box or leaning on the jury box only for the courtroom door at the back of theRead more
People get into financial trouble for only two possible reasons: 1) spending too much; or 2) not earning enough. You can add a third one here: 3) getting a divorce. Live under your means – and seek advice if you are struggling My clients need a financial recovery strategy and I put them in contactRead more
I was talking to a friend, who is a teacher, about distributing assets in her divorce. I told her that her husband has an interest in her pension. “He gets a portion of my pension?!,” she exclaimed. Yes, I thought, of course he does, but then I realized that this is not common knowledge. New Jersey is an equitableRead more
Retaining counsel can be expensive, whether it is to negotiate a matter or to litigate it, and that can be a really tough pill to swallow if you are not the one who spearheaded whatever it was that led to the involvement of counsel to begin with. In this practice, it is routine to seeRead more
October’s Domestic Violence Awareness month and Breast Cancer Awareness month have much more in common than sharing the calendar’s 10th month. According to the American Cancer Society, estimates for new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be over 276,000 this year with another 48,000 in new cases of non-invasive breast cancer with approximatelyRead more
“If I leave the marital home, I will be considered to have ‘abandoned’ the home and my claim to it” We have previously blogged about some of the common misconceptions pervading the divorce process in New Jersey. This blog will dispel another popular New Jersey divorce myth: One spouse vacating the marital home is treatedRead more
Parents may be wondering how to handle holiday festivities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially Halloween events. What to do is an open-ended question. Co-parenting children can be challenging, even in the best of circumstances, and the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has presented parents with uncertainty and new issues. Not only do they haveRead more
Halloween is a big holiday for children (and even adults). Who doesn’t love the idea of getting dressed up in a costume for a night and getting endless free candy? While kids see Halloween as a very exciting event, right up there with Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny, Halloween is often a point ofRead more