Going through a divorce can be particularly difficult for parents, who are not only dealing with the reality of the decisions they are making but also their children's reactions to those decisions. Parent Education Program (PEP) New Jersey has a court-mandated...
Family Law
How does New Jersey address parental relocation and custody?
Each family is different, and the ways that a divorce will impact your unique situation depends on factors that could include the health and ages of your children, your work schedule, and more. There is no way to accurately predict all the ways that your life will...
Healthy communication leads to a positive co-parenting arrangement
One of the most difficult aspects of your divorce for you may have been to watch the impact that it had on your children. Even if you and the other parent were amicable and resolved to work together on every aspect of your divorce agreement, you may have found that...
Do you need a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement?
While no one marries assuming that the relationship will end in the future, it is possible that this could happen in your marriage. As a significant number of marriages do end in divorce, it may be helpful to consider what steps you could do now that may preserve your...
How can you get a protection or restraining order in New Jersey?
Everyone deserves to feel safe in his or her daily life. If you believe you are under the threat of harm in your personal residence, at your job, while you are in public and at other times, you know how harrowing and exhausting a constant state of fear can be. You may...
Do you understand your child support obligations?
New Jersey parents want to care for and support their children after a divorce, and child support is one way they can accomplish this. This type of financial support exists for the purpose of ensuring that children have what they need, as well as ensuring that both...
Do you think your prenuptial agreement may be invalid?
Like many New Jersey couples, you and your spouse prepared for future contingencies by drafting a prenuptial agreement before you married. While you never expected your marriage to end in divorce, you wanted to feel secure about your financial interests in case the...
Dealing with children’s continuing education after divorce
Ironically, couples whose marriages are ending might be communicating more during this time than in the recent past. Divorce forces couples to discuss not only issues pertaining to property, other assets and debts, but also issues pertaining to the future of any...
Family law: Co-parenting your kids after divorce
Professionals have consistently stated that children who have relationships with both parents fare better than those who don’t. So, when parents in New Jersey decide to divorce and share joint custody, luckily there are family law guidelines to help them to co-parent...
Who will benefit from drafting a postnuptial agreement?
No couple walks down the aisle assuming the marriage will end at some point in the future. It may not seem necessary to consider drafting a prenuptial agreement before the wedding, and New Jersey couples often skip this step that could be important to them in the...
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