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New Jersey residents may have read past information about marriage and prenuptial agreements. As times change and opinions evolve, prenups are becoming more popular. One consideration in a prenup is separate property. Separate property is any real estate that a spouse...
A New Jersey appellate court has determined that a person does not necessarily have to be related to a child through blood or adoption in order to have visitation rights or share in child custody. Under the psychological parent doctrine, if the court determines that...
Legislators have sent a bill that seeks to change alimony laws in New Jersey to the governor for his signature. While Garden State residents supported changes to the alimony statutes, some are now asking the governor not to sign it. The bill, A-845, is a combination...
There is a growing trend in New Jersey and around the nation that has grandparents raising their grandchildren on a full-time basis. Grandparents often get involved in child custody because their adult children are unable to take care of their own offspring. It can be...
New Jersey investors may have heard that the founder of the well-known hedge fund Citadel LLC has filed for divorce, though it is unclear whether this will impact the firm directly. Billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin filed divorce papers on July 23, citing irreconcilable...
Police in New Jersey's Mercer County have detained 111 people on outstanding warrants for not paying child support. The warrants were served as part of a raid that took place between July 15 and July 17. To carry out the raid, officers from the Mercer County sheriff's...
New Jersey couples who wish to end their relationship may wonder about staying linked together well after the divorce if they own property together. Generally, real property that is mortgaged in both individuals' names will continue to be the joint debt of both...
In New Jersey, everything acquired by either spouse during marriage is considered a marital asset subject to equitable distribution in a divorce, with some minor exceptions. What some couples may not realize is that the marital property rule applies to illiquid assets...
New Jersey MLB fans who are following the McCourt divorce may remember that Jamie McCourt received $131 million in a tax-free divorce settlement from her former husband Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, in 2012, but part of the agreement...
Married pet owners in New Jersey may want to consider what will happen to their pets if they get divorced. As more couples delay having children, pet custody is becoming an increasingly common issue in divorce cases around the nation. Many people see pets as family...