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Family courts generally try to ensure that children whose parents are no longer together continue to have both of them in their lives. Increasingly, however, states are amending their laws to help ensure that any history of parental abuse or neglect is fully...
There are numerous different ways for spouses to manage divorce proceedings. An increasing portion of divorcing couples now rely on mediation to resolve disputes they have regarding the terms of their divorces. Mediation requires working with a spouse instead of...
Mediation is a way for divorcing couples to resolve their disagreements without litigating their disputes in family court. Like arbitration, which is another form of alternative dispute resolution, mediation involves working with the neutral third-party professional...
If you and your spouse put a prenuptial agreement in place before you got married, you did something that more people need to do to protect their assets and financial interests should the marriage end in divorce. It’s important to remember, however, that a prenup...
There are many moving parts in a high-asset divorce that make the process more complex than the average divorce, generally speaking. Diverse streams of income, complex marital assets and higher standards of living can all become challenges when negotiating financial...
One of the biggest concerns when parents choose to end their marriage is how the divorce will affect their children. While every family situation is different, research and real-world experience show that children tend to do best when they have stability, predictable...
New Jersey recently enacted reforms to the state’s child custody laws to better protect children in vulnerable situations where there are allegations of parental abuse, domestic violence or other safety concerns. Known as “Kayden’s Law,” after the tragic case that...
For married partners who are also joint business owners, getting a divorce does sometimes mean selling the business. The issue is that the business likely qualifies as a marital asset. Both partners own it, so they have to divide it along with their other assets...
Commingled assets are either marital assets, or separate property that has essentially transformed into marital assets due to being mixed together with marital property. This transformation can change their status in important ways while a couple goes through property...
Destructive financial activities, such as dissipation, can occur in the early stages of divorce. One spouse might use a joint credit card until there is no more available credit. They might drain savings and checking accounts by gambling or making unnecessary...