You need to meet with an experienced divorce lawyer.

This is not the type of issue to go to a general lawyer to discuss.

An experienced divorce lawyer will look at the amount of your child's college costs, the amount of your contributions to the child's college costs,... View More

The short answer is that the law in NJ changed and a move inside or outside of the state that impacts the other parent's time with the children can be a proper basis for reexamination of the actual plan and potentially give rise tot changes. My suggestion is that you dont dig your heels in and... View More

As a general statement, the payment of direct child support ends when a child graduates from high school. If a child then goes on to college, the next question is whether there is still a direct payment of child support to the other parent while the child is in college and that depends on whether... View More

You need to become educated quickly on what the child support guidelines provide for the payment of child support and related expenses. If you have your child with you less than 28.5%% of the overnights ( not simply for dinners or for an afternoon), then the sole parenting work sheet applies, using... View More

You need an experienced family law attorney to represent you since there are specific statutes in place to address this setting and potentially, this involves a "kidnapping issue. Getting an order out of the NJ court system is merely step 1 in the process. Presuming you apply correctly and the... View More

If I understand your question correctly, your former partner and you have 2 children together and he/she pays you 28.61 cents per week for support of both children currently and the overnight plan has changed where you now have 80% of the overnights. To file the application, there are specific... View More

Typically, attorney fees in this area charge an hourly rate for preparing the document submission and attending court to represent you. An experienced family law attorney will know the ins and outs of filings, and the specific document which are required for your filing. In some cases, even if you... View More

The reason the judge said he cannot give you advice on the handling of the personalty is that your boyfriend had not been served with the complaint yet and therefore not in a position to address any aspect of the merits of the matter. Hypothetically:

Your boyfriend entered an appearance in... View More

Easiest way to figure it out is to call the chambers of the judge assigned to your matter and speak with the Judge's law clerk and ask which is the judge's preference - file a supplemental application or file a separate application to address the additional violation claims.... View More

No lawyer would or should answer the type of question posed without sitting down with you to get a clearer understanding of exactly what has taken place, what proofs exist and what your former partner is pleading guilty to especially since you say that he has already pled guilty to 1. risk of... View More

A criminal charge without a conviction will have a hard time getting into evidence compared to an actually conviction which appears soon to happen after his sentencing. If he is convicted make sure you offer the judge proof of the conviction by getting a certified copy of it. Sure the judge can... View More

This is clearly an estate law issue, and you should speak with a lawyer who specializes in estate law to address the accounts where your wife named your son as beneficiary, the account where she named you and your son as equal beneficiaries and the account in her name alone since treatment for each... View More

If I understand the setting correctly,

*your parent passed away

*you were the executor of the estate.

* as executor, you participated in the sale of a piece of real estate on behalf of your parent

* as part of the sale of that piece of real estate, you signed... View More

As a general statement, the basis for an annulment is that there was a fraud practiced upon you by your partner, which fraud went to the foundation of the marriage. The most common claim is that you and your partner discussed having children in advance of the wedding and immediately afterwards, you... View More

Had you told me that the outcome of the DCPP investigation was "unfounded" versus "not established", I might have felt differently about how to handle things.

There are 4 potential outcomes to a DCPP matter, with the highest being substantiated and the lowest being... View More

A sole custody setting in New Jersey is not common place today, so (1) either your dad was absent and your mother was able to have a sole custody setting put in place, ( 2) their is a domestic violence setting in place with a restraining order in place to protect your mother, or ( 3) there are... View More

Thank you for your question. I am sorry you are frustrated by the seeming lack of accountability for the co-parent’s actions. I commend you on returning to Court and getting additional parenting time with your child. In New Jersey, the Judges can change custody and parenting time decisions if you... View More

I dont know if your spouse's lawyer has legitimate reasons for seeking an unequal division of the home's equity or if he is simply taking that position because you are a pro se litigant but since he is suggesting to your spouse not to agree to an equal division, Im guessing that there are... View More

The law in New Jersey changed radically a few years back concerning relocation by a primary custodial parent if the other parent objects. Under the new law, it's much tougher to relocate with the children since the focus is on the nature and quality of the relationship between the other parent... View More

Im guessing that at the time of the entry of the probate court order, the dollar amount owed for child support was not known so that there was no filing with the judgment section as a judgment. I presume also that at some point after the entry of that order, someone sat down to calculate the amount... View More