Piscataway Family Law Attorneys

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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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13

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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01

Feb 2018

When Does the State Get Involved in Child Support Cases?

Any parent knows that raising a child is costly. Clothes, daycare, extracurricular activities, college funds, and all the other things that go along with having a child in your care add up quickly. Child support is meant to help balance and manage those costs when parents live apart. In optimal situations, parents cooperate even when they are no longer romantically involved with each other. In ...

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30

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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09

Jan 2018

How to Choose the Right Divorce Lawyer

Divorce is a stressful procedure. It is common knowledge that these types of cases can involve deeply personal details, can last for months or even years, and can be costly. Due to these facts, it is very important that once you do decide to divorce your spouse, you take special care in choosing the right divorce lawyer. First, you should look for a lawyer whose basic approach to the divorce ...

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05

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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01

Dec 2017

Child-Custody Issues for Parents with Non-Traditional Work Hours

Today’s families have a more and more diverse set of individualized issues and schedules. Children have school, friends, and extra-curricular activities. Parents have work, PTO meetings, church, or other community events. All of these together can often mean that parents need to get creative when making a schedule for their children and making sure it fits in with the parents’ schedules. This is ...

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30

Nov 2017

Bisbing v. Bisbing - New Guidance on Relocation

Child custody orders are crafted based on what is in the best interest of the child or children. However, as every parent knows, what is best today for a child could very well change next week, next month, or next year. When situations change, a parent can file a request to modify the custody order to reflect what is best for the child under the current situation. One common way this happens is ...

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24

Nov 2017

When to Fight for a Shared Parenting Agreement

Few issues in a divorce are as contentious as that of custody of the marital children. Parents just want what is best for their children, but they can have very different ideas on what will be the custody or visitation schedule that will be in the children’s best interest. As a result, parents will sometimes fight all the way to trial about how the child’s schedule should look after the divorce. ...

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20

Nov 2017

Teenagers and Visitation

Parenting is a challenge. This is particularly true for teenagers. Parents often struggle with helping to guide a teenager to develop while still allowing him or her the appropriate amount of independence. Divorce and custody disputes can only complicate this struggle. A common scenario that arises in these cases is when a teenager refuses to attend court-ordered visitation with the non-custodial ...

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16

Nov 2017

Co-Parenting and Emergency Planning

Separation and divorce mean that parents will have to learn to communicate and coordinate parenting efforts in an entirely new way. Co-parenting is essential to your child’s well-being in the long run, and the efforts each parent make toward successful co-parenting will be taken into account by the court when making a custody and visitation determination. While parents often remember to discuss ...

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15

Nov 2017

Child Support Changes if You Have Another Child

After a divorce or separation, it is quite common for one or both parents to move on and start a new relationship. In many cases, this could mean more children. Another child can profoundly change the family dynamic and will require shifting around financial resources in order to accommodate the new baby. The child support calculation in New Jersey recognizes that a new child will require ...

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08

Nov 2017

When Do I Need the Court's Permission to Move?

The only thing that we can all count on to be a constant in our lives is change. After a divorce or custody action, there are many changes that will happen for the parents and the children as everyone settles into the new “normal” of having two different households. In some situations, after time passes, it may be that one of the parents needs to relocate to a new city or state. Parents wanting to ...

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Oct 2017

Dealing with an Alcoholic Parent During Visitation

Alcoholism and substance abuse are terrible diseases that can destroy families and lives. Unfortunately, this often means that it can destroy marriages, as well. In many situations, the non-alcoholic spouse has no choice but to divorce an alcoholic in order to protect the parties’ children. Even though the alcoholic parent has a substance abuse problem, he or she will almost certainly still be ...

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13

Oct 2017

Parenting Plans and Newborns

Having a new baby in the house can be a joyous time, but can also be stressful for new parents trying to adjust to having a newborn. If the parents are going through a divorce or child custody dispute, this is especially true, as the parents have to handle the needs of a new baby while also juggling the issues involved with a family law case. Every child and age group has its own challenges and ...

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12

Oct 2017

Can a Father Win a Custody Battle?

In a divorce or separation, the foremost issue is typically that of child custody and visitation. Parents always want what is best for their children and want a parenting plan order that reflects that. In some situations, the father of the child or children may believe that he can provide a more suitable home environment for the children than the mother. Although some people seem to believe that a ...

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03

Oct 2017

Understanding the Basics of Uncontested Divorce

Typically when people think of divorce, they often think of a long, drawn out, expensive process lasting months or years. Luckily, not every divorce has to be this way. In fact, the vast majority of cases settle well before a final hearing is even scheduled, saving the spouses money and time. In some cases, the parties have settled their differences even before the papers are even filed. In such a ...

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Sep 2017

Helping Your Children Get Ready for Two Homes

While divorce and custody cases present chaos for adults, it also creates chaos in the lives of the children. It should not be overlooked that the children are also going through a time of enormous transition. Children look to their parents for stability and comfort, and a divorce or separation means that the previously united source of stability is now fractured in two. Children will adapt to the ...

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Sep 2017

D.W. v. M.W. - "Little League Parent Syndrome"

Tantrums, yelling, and general bad behavior is the sort of conduct that a parent will expect to see from time to time from young children. Unfortunately, this type of behavior is not always limited to children, and can sometimes even be seen in parents. After a divorce or custody case has concluded, parents have to continue to try to work together for years. If one parent is behaving especially ...

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Sep 2017

Intentional Disruption of the Parenting Plan

After a divorce or child custody case, many parents hope that the worst of the chaos is over. The closure of a final order can bring relief to many parents, as it provides a specific set of rules and responsibilities for each parent and no one is left guessing. In some unfortunate cases, though, some parents may attempt to intentionally disrupt the parenting plan going forward, following the entry ...

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Sep 2017

Pre-School Disputes - Who Chooses and Who Pays?

Education is crucial to any child's future, and parents work hard to make sure that children have every opportunity to excel. New Jersey has many laws that emphasize the importance of education, including laws providing for parents being required to pay for their children's college education after divorce. A more murky area can be pre-school. The issue of who is required to pay for pre-school and ...

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Sep 2017

Pick Up and Drop Off Dilemmas

Every custody case has many moving parts. Children have school, extra-curricular activities, play groups, and myriad other activities that parents need to make sure they attend on time. When parents separate or divorce, another important place to which parents must arrive on time is the exchange of the children with the other parent. Even in the most amicable of separations or divorces, the pick ...

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15

Sep 2017

Supervised Visitation –NJSA 2A:12-7

The vast majority of parents work hard to make sure that they are always taking the best steps for a child's safety and that they are making the best possible parenting decisions. Unfortunately, in some rare circumstances, one parent may not be keeping a child's best interest in mind and may even take actions that could or do harm the children. In these rare cases, the other parent may need to ...

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13

Sep 2017

Why Can't I Do My Child Custody Matter Myself?

Even though more and more court cases are being settled out of court, not every case can be settled before trial. Custody cases often fall into this category because parents have very definite versions of what they believe is best for the children. Parents will often fight as hard as they can to make sure that any custody or visitation order entered by the court reflects what they believe is best ...

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Sep 2017

Hague Convention and International Custody Issues

Cases involving child custody can become complicated quickly, as every family and every child is different, and each has their own issues and nuances. This is especially true when issues of international law are involved. Custody battles when more than one state is involved are usually governed by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. When an international dispute arises, the ...

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