When the court rules on your child custody arrangement after a divorce, you’re obligated to abide by that ruling. It’s not a suggestion. It’s a legally binding document based on the best interests of the child. That said, you may wonder if you have to follow it all...
If you have never heard of nesting in custody discussions, now is a great time to learn more about it. Nesting is the idea that your children should stay in the marital home, and both parents should move out. Instead of moving your children back and forth between...
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. ...
