Although a divorce can be complicated and stressful for you, it can be life-shattering for your children. At least, that’s how they’ll likely view it, even if you carefully break the news of divorce to your children. As a result, your kids might exhibit a variety of...
In far too many instances, fathers are pushed to the side and ignored in custody cases. The law doesn’t support this, as it’s gender-neutral on its face. Yet, in a lot of cases, there’s an unspoken presumption that a child is better off with their mother. That may not...
There are a lot of considerations that go into a child custody determination. Among them are the child’s relationship with each parent, each parent’s physical and mental health, and any potential exposure to parental substance abuse. Any one of these characteristics...
Being a parent is not all glitz and glam. While it is a rewarding role and experience, parenting often means making difficult and emotional decisions. Parenting with the other parent is not always easy, especially when the relationship failed. As such, child custody...
When parents divorce, they will need to have a custody arrangement in place for their children. In New Jersey, there is a process they must follow to do this. Child custody process The process beings when one parent files a complaint for custody with the court. The...
In far too many divorce cases, custody disputes are more about power than anything else. This is problematic because it forces your child’s best interests to take a backseat. Although the court should see right through these powerplays and issue a custody order that...
When custody and visitation orders are issued in New Jersey, it based on the circumstances of the children and parents at the time of the order. This could be when the children are fairly young and could be in place until the children become adults. This means that...
New Jersey family law cases often meet sticking points when it comes to child custody and parenting time. This is to be expected given the emotional, personal and financial implications of how custody is decided upon and the amount of time the noncustodial parent will...
As readers of this family law blog know, we often post on child custody topics. Recently, we posted on whether nesting can help make child custody and divorce easier as the family still shares the family home. However, when nesting will not or cannot work, co-parents...
New Jersey parents discussing or researching divorce over the past few years have likely come across the terms “nesting” or “birdnesting.” These refer to a method that experts agree can help make child custody and divorce much easier on the children and parents alike....
