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Court Denies Motion to Stop Divorced Parent from Relocating with the Kids Within the State of New Jersey
Last month the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey heard the appeal of a father seeking to keep his ex-wife from relocating from Bridgewater Township in Somerset County down to Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County, 115 miles away. The lower court had denied the dad’s motion, and the appellate division… Read More »
Court Refuses to Modify Judgment Because of Wife’s Failure to Raise Issues in a Timely Manner
A New Jersey couple had been married for 18 years when the husband filed for divorce. In his petition for divorce, the husband initially sought sole legal and physical (residential) custody, child support, and equitable distribution of the couple’s marital assets. A copy of the petition was served on the wife, but she failed… Read More »
Judge Holds Joint Legal Custody Inappropriate When Parents Cannot Resolve Issues Without Going to Court Every Time
In the matter of Weiss v. Weiss, decided last month by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, the appeals court affirmed a lower court’s decision regarding two post-judgment orders in a divorce. The post-judgment orders arose from the ex-husband’s motions to require that his son attend Sylvan Learning Center for tutoring and… Read More »
New Jersey Court Denies Mother’s Request to Relocate Out-of-State with Child
In the matter of Hammond v. Hammond, decided on January 2nd in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, the appeals court upheld a lower court’s denial of a mother’s motion to relocate to Georgia with her daughter, who was eight years at the time the motion was made. Under New Jersey law,… Read More »
Advice from New Jersey family law judges: Don’t wait four years to ask the court to “correct” its “error” regarding child support and alimony
Earlier this month, a New Jersey appeals court issued a ruling in yet another stage of ongoing litigation between a divorced couple who continue to battle over alimony and child support orders established when the couple divorced more than eight years ago. The couple in this case were married in 1994 and divorced in… Read More »
Brother Wins Domestic Violence Restraining Order Against Sister
Under the New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act (PDVA), a domestic violence restraining order can be granted for assault, harassment or other covered acts committed against a spouse, former spouse, present or former household member, current or former boyfriend/girlfriend, or between persons who have a child in common. A person alleging domestic violence… Read More »
Lawmakers End Permanent Alimony in New Jersey
There are many different types of alimony that may be awarded in a divorce in New Jersey. In the past when a family court judge was asked to award alimony, the judge would first make an initial determination whether an award of Permanent alimony was warranted. If not, then the judge would move on… Read More »
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