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Can I be Removed from the Marital Home While the Divorce is Pending?
| 23-Jun-2014Categories: Divorce, Domestic Violence, Family LawMore and more people are living together while they go through a divorce. This is because courts are hesitant to remove a person from the marital home if they are...
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Equitable Distribution and Premarital Property
| 19-Jun-2014Categories: Divorce, Equitable Distribution, Family Law, Marital AssetsNew Jersey is an equitable distribution state, meaning that property acquired during the marriage is subject to distribution, or division, upon a divorce in a fair manner. There are exceptions...
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Ocean County Judge Publishes Opinion on College Contribution
| 17-Jun-2014Categories: Child Support, Divorce, Equitable Distribution, Family LawOcean County Family Judge Lawrence R. Jones has written another excellent published decision in the case of Black v. Black. The case deals with the ever complex issue of college...
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Ex-Wife Forced to Pay $145,000 in Counsel Fees
| 27-May-2014Categories: Family LawIn the case of Quinn v. Quinn, a wife who lied about her cohabitation was hit with an enormous counsel fee award. In Quinn, the husband argued that his alimony...
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NJ Adoptees to Have Access to Birth Certificates in 2017
| 29-Apr-2014Categories: Child Visitation, Family Law, Parenting TimeAs reported by NJ.com, a bill will be signed into law that will allow adopted residents to access their birth certificate. However, birth parents that want to remain anonymous can...
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NJ Court Memo Updates Incarceration Protocols for Non-Payment of Child Support
| 16-Apr-2014Categories: Child Support, Family LawThe Acting Administrative Director of the Courts, Judge Glenn A. Grant, issued a memorandum detailing the steps that trial courts must take with respect to incarcerating individuals for non-payment of...
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Child Support Adjustment for Shared Parenting Arrangements
| 15-Apr-2014Categories: Child Support, Family LawMore parents are entering into shared parenting arrangements for custody and visitation. Even when the parties have completely equal parenting time with the children, there is still a child support...
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Judge Rules Child Cannot Attend Mets Opener
| 02-Apr-2014Categories: Child Visitation, Family Law, Parenting TimeA story in the New York Post reveals a case where a mother sought an order from a New Jersey judge to allow her son to attend the 2014 Mets...
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Divorced Father Ordered to Pay for Law School
| 26-Mar-2014Categories: Child Support, Family LawThe Appellate Division has affirmed the trial court decision that a divorced father must pay for one half of his daughter's law school tuition in the amount of $112,500. When...
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Plotnick v. DeLuccia: A Father’s Pre-birth Rights
| 24-Mar-2014Categories: Child Visitation, Family LawVery recently, in the case of Plotnick v. DeLuccia, a New Jersey Family Court Judge ruled that a father does not have the right to be notified when the pregnant...
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