When a couple takes the extra step of negotiating a prenuptial agreement before they get married, they probably have assets they want to protect or have made promises to one another that they need to be able to enforce. Generally speaking, prenuptial agreements in New...
Couples often worry about the impact their divorce is going to have on their emotional state -- but most adults are more emotionally resilient than they realize. Kids may function a bit differently. They thrive on consistency. Any disruptions to their routine, such as...
Many couples spend considerable time worrying about dividing valuable assets like their home or cars when they divorce. Fewer concern themselves with who takes responsibility for their collective debts such as credit cards or personal loans. Property division...
When parents divorce, child support and child custody can be very contentious issues -- and those issues can keep cropping up long after the divorce is final. Many people have misguided notions, however, about how child support and child custody or visitation relate....
Recent studies have found that the divorce rate in this country is falling. This comes after many fears in previous decades about soaring divorce rates, especially as they relate to no-fault divorce. But couples are now splitting up less often. Why is this happening?...
Not every marriage is an enduringly happy union, of course, and many New Jersey spouses and other couples spanning the country ultimately make reasoned decisions to terminate their marriages. Although that can certainly engender a few challenges, reams of evidence...
A common piece of advice that people give is that couples should not get married too young. In fact, many parents will strongly advise this if an 18-year-old child expresses a desire to get married or announces an engagement. Technically, that individual is an adult...
Your spouse comes to you and asks for a divorce. You feel like the marriage can be saved, and you’d like to do so -- both for your own sake and for your children. You tell your spouse that you’d like to go to counseling first and only get divorced if it doesn’t help. ...
Most divorcing New Jersey spouses have varied concerns as they engage the divorce process and negotiate their way toward an ultimate dissolution settlement. Child-centric matters like custody, parenting time and support are notably core concerns for impending exes...
Financial concerns rank very highly when looking at why divorce happens. Often, it’s simply because the couple disagrees on how to use the money they have -- he wants to spend, she wants to save, for instance -- or just that the family does not have enough to make...
