Piscataway Family Law Attorneys

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Apr 2018

How Can a Cell Phone Be Used in My Divorce?

Almost everyone today has a cell phone, and most of those are smart phones. We use our phones many times a day for sending email, taking pictures, making phone calls, checking social media, playing games, using GPS services, and a large variety of other reasons. To varying degrees, our phones can provide a startlingly accurate picture of how a person has spent his or her day. During family law ...

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Apr 2018

When to Request Sole Custody

Custody issues are often the most sensitive and central of any family law case. The safety and well-being of the children is of upmost importance to the parents involved, and they are often willing to fight for a long time in court to make sure that the ultimate court order reflects what they believe is in the child’s best interest. The vast majority of cases end with parents sharing joint legal ...

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Apr 2018

Abandonment and Moving Out - Does Timing of Separation Matter?

The end of a marriage can sometimes be an amicable split that gives the parties plenty of time to think over their new housing arrangements and contemplate how to handle their next steps. Unfortunately, this is not always the case, and one spouse may feel the need to move out as soon as possible in order to avoid an acrimonious home environment. In such a case, the person leaving the home needs to ...

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Apr 2018

Continued Cohabitation During Divorce

Going through a divorce means drastic changes for everyone involved. Whereas you have previously spent your days planning for an emotional and financial future attached to your spouse, divorce means having to shift your point of view and plans. Although divorce will ultimately mean that you and your spouse will no longer be living together, not all divorce parties choose to immediately separate ...

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Apr 2018

Divorce and Private School

Education is of central importance to any child’s future. Parents work long and hard to help save for a child’s education and make sure that they obtain the best opportunities possible. In recognition of the essential nature of a solid education for a child’s future, the New Jersey legislature has provided specific provisions to order both parents to contribute to college expenses, even after a ...

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05

Apr 2018

Traveling After Divorce - Interstate and International Considerations

Taking children on vacation can be a wonderful experience and can build memories that last a lifetime for both the parents and the children. After a divorce or separation, vacations are even more important, as they provide an essential opportunity for the parents to have quality bonding time with their children. However, when there has been a divorce or custody order entered, parents should be ...

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Mar 2018

Motions in Limine and Domestic Violence – L.C. v. M.A.J.

During any type of family law case, as with any other case, there are a large variety of procedural issues that must be skillfully handled to ensure that the party’s case is properly and completely presented to the court. One tool available to attorneys to accomplish this goal is called a “motion in limine. ” This type of motion is one that asks that the court prevent particular pieces of evidence ...

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Mar 2018

Domestic Violence Accusations in Child Custody Cases

It is an unfortunate reality that both custody and domestic violence are frequently litigated issues. Parents will go to extreme lengths to make sure that their children are safe and that a final custody order provides for what is in the child’s best interests. When domestic violence is also involved in a relationship, the inquiry regarding visitation or custody can become more complicated. A ...

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Mar 2018

Slawinski v. Nicholas and Grandparent Visitation Clauses

Custody and visitation cases are some of the most hard fought battles in family law. Parents will go to great lengths to make sure that the final order entered by the trial court is in their child’s best interest. In the vast majority of these cases, the parties are the two parents. There are, however, some cases involving a parent and a grandparent. New Jersey law does make provisions for ...

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Mar 2018

Protecting Yourself and Your Children When Divorcing an Abusive Spouse

Domestic violence takes many forms, including physical, emotional, and financial. Abusers often aim to exercise total control over their victims by instilling fear, hopelessness, and poor self-esteem in their victims. Victims of domestic violence may often find it difficult to get out of an abusive home and may fear filing for divorce. If you are a victim of domestic violence, there are ways to ...

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Mar 2018

Tips to Making a Realistic Child Custody Plan

When parents decide to separate or divorce, there will need to be special provisions made for visitation and custody of the parties’ children. In some cases, the parties will be unable to come to an agreement and they will have to go to court to have a judge make a determination on what is best for the child or children. In the majority of cases, however, parents are able to come to an agreement ...

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Feb 2018

How Much Do I Have to Share? - Dealing with a Nosy Former Spouse

During a marriage or relationship, spouses tend to share most of the details of their respective days. A marriage requires sharing thoughts and experiences, but that flow of information clearly ends when the relationship ends in divorce. Especially where people share children, there needs to be continued exchange of information following a divorce. There are some situations, though, where your ...

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Feb 2018

Who Should I Call to Testify? - Teachers, Babysitters, Doctors

The vast majority of divorce and custody cases end in settlements. Mediation and arbitration allow divorce and custody parties to craft their own custody orders by working together. Unfortunately, this does not always work. Parties are not always able to come to an agreement about what is best for their children. In this situation, the parties will need to have a trial and present evidence to a ...

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Feb 2018

Fighting Parental Alienation

In a perfect world, parents would always work together for the best interest of their children, and custody issues could be civilly resolved in a calm manner. Custody battles can unfortunately sometimes deteriorate when the parents use the children as a way to get back at each other. Parental alienation is one way that parental anger and resentment may manifest itself during or after a custody ...

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Feb 2018

Helping Your Children in Divorce

Divorce is a stressful process for all involved. When the spouses share children, the process is also quite stressful for the parties’ children. The children have no control over the process, but are nevertheless impacted by it. This feeling of chaos and loss of control can be exceedingly emotionally difficult for children, whether they are toddlers or teenagers. There are some steps you can take ...

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Feb 2018

Modifying an Out-of-State Custody Order

When most people think about what is essential at the beginning of a divorce, custody, or other family law action, they think about property disputes or some type of marital wrong-doing. For lawyers, however, the first thing to be established is jurisdiction. Jurisdiction means that the court where you file actually has the ability to make a decision about the dispute. There are two types of ...

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Jan 2018

Do I Have Enough Evidence to Modify Child Custody?

The only constant is change. This axiom is especially true when you are dealing with children, as they are constantly growing and changing. As they change, the visitation and custody order that parents have in place may no longer be workable for a variety of reasons ranging from school schedules to extracurricular activities to relocation of one of the parents. When a parenting order is no longer ...

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Jan 2018

Tips to Celebrate Holidays and Vacations After Divorce

Holidays can be a very special time of year, regardless of your beliefs. It’s a time for families to gather and reconnect and enjoy each other’s company and a good meal. Divorced are separated families are no different in their desire to enjoy as much of this time as they can. Unfortunately, living in two households can make issues difficult when trying to divide a child’s time between them, and ...

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Jan 2018

Protecting Your Parenting Time After Separation

Deciding to separate from your spouse or discovering your spouse has decided to separate from you is decidedly an emotionally difficult time. Even if you have been prepared for the separation, it can be a very difficult transition. When you share children with your spouse, this is even more true. You will undoubtedly be concerned for your child’s ability to transition into the “new normal” of two ...

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Jan 2018

Custody and IVF

Many couples aspire for years to grow their family by having children. While some couples have their own children, others may choose to adopt. The growing field of fertility science provides alternatives to those couples who may have trouble conceiving on their own. One form of this type of treatment is IVF, or in vitro fertilization. In this process, embryos are created and frozen until a couple ...

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Dec 2017

Divorcing or Separating While Pregnant

Deciding to file for divorce or making the decision to separate from your spouse or partner is one of the most difficult decisions to make. There is never a question that this will be a pivotal decision in your life and in the life of your children. It is well known that a divorce or separation will result in a parenting schedule or parenting plan for the parties’ children that are already born at ...

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Dec 2017

Long Distance Parenting Solutions

Creating a parenting schedule after a divorce or separation can be challenging. Every parent has a set idea of what would be best for their children, and since very family and child is unique, these ideas can vary wildly. Hopefully parents will be able to work together amicably in order to craft a specific parenting schedule that is right for their family and their child. When parents live in the ...

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Dec 2017

Life After Divorce - Tips for Transition

Making the decision to divorce is an enormous one. Your life will change in a fundamental way, as will that of your children and your soon-to-be former spouse. Even in the case of a brief marriage, the parties will have almost always become accustomed to each other and will have to adjust in almost every way to being single. Although the transition to being single can be difficult, there are ways ...

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Dec 2017

Grandparent Visitation

Few occasions bring as much joy to a family as the birth of a child. Grandchildren are a wonderful addition to the life of grandparents, and grandparents can provide essential support and love to children. In today’s society, it is very common for grandparents to offer frequent or even daily care and support to parents. Grandparents can even take on a parental role in some situations. New Jersey ...

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Dec 2017

School Meetings and IEPs After Divorce

Education is an essential cornerstone for helping a child build a successful future. Keeping open lines of communication with your child’s teacher and education team is important to make sure that you are helping reinforce educational missions at home. When you and your spouse or partner are still living together, coordinating the communication between the teacher and the parents is relatively ...

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