Social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others – are a regular part of daily life for many Americans. These platforms are used for both personal and professional reasons, to showcase videos and photographs, share jokes and life events, and build a...
South Jersey Family Law Blog
The post-divorce rights of grandparents to visitation
The impact of divorce can cause a ripple effect with those closest to the separating spouses feeling the effects in a variety of ways. For children, divorce can bring life changes from adding a second home to changing schools and learning a new schedule. For...
Who claims the 2021 Child Tax Credit when parents divorce?
Tax laws in the United States change frequently. As the average family size and economic situations shift on a national level, lawmakers will often change tax policy accordingly. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will enforce the changing tax rules, sometimes levying...
How does New Jersey determine a child’s best interests?
In New Jersey, as in other states, the courts prioritize your child’s best interests in all custody matters. In other words, custody decisions are never about what is best for the parents; they are focused on what is best for the child. If the parents cannot agree on...
Tax returns: A good place to start to uncover potential hidden assets
Although it depends on individual situations, going through the divorce process involves many steps and issues to resolve. Settling marital property is one. In many cases, martial property is known to both parties, with retirement accounts, residential homes and other...
Divorcing a spouse in the military? Find out if you can keep your benefits.
Going through a divorce involving a spouse in the military can leave you anxious with many unanswered questions. While you may not know now exactly how asset division or custody arrangements will pan out, you can gain some certainty by knowing a bit about the law. A...
Virtual visitation in today’s tech world
With Covid-19, most everyone is now familiar with video conferencing and interacting with other people through the computer or smart phone. It should come as no surprise that this technology has long been used to facilitate contact between parents and their children,...
Optimal co-parenting: the three “Cs”
Whether you live in New Jersey, California or somewhere in between, divorcing couples with children need to determine how to co-parent after they separate. But how do parents make the most out of their co-parenting plan? The NBC news program, TODAY, offers some...
When it comes to dividing assets in a divorce, what is considered equitable?
When you hear your attorney tell you that the judge will divide marital “equitably” in your divorce, you may assume this means equally. It does not. Equitable, in family court, means “fair.” Judges who preside over property division issues make decisions on a...
Initial steps in the stepparent adoption process
Some time after a divorce, remarriage is quite common. Oftentimes, people remarry and a stepparent becomes very close with the children of the prior marriage. This is healthy and appropriate. When a non-custodial biological parent is not involved with the children and...
