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Read Melissa Brown's Informative Article Entitled "How to Find the Right Divorce Attorney for You"
Melissa Brown, an attorney in Charleston, South Carolina, is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and one of the preeminent family lawyers in South Carolina. I had the occasion, last week, to read her excellent article on her blog entitled "How to...
Psychological Parents Not Entitled to Same Constitutional Protections as Biological Parents in Grandparent Visitation Dispute
For more than a decade, we have known that biological parents have certain constitutional protections that help them defend against grandparents or other third parties seeking visitation with their children. In fact, in New Jersey, because a fit parent has a fundamental constitutional right...
Appellate Court Rejects "Rule of Thumb" Formula to Calculate Alimony - Sort Of
We have previously blogged on the "rule of thumb", a dirty little secret used by judges and lawyers in New Jersey to come up with a "ball park" as to what alimony should be. This "rule of thumb" does not take into account all of the statutory factors....
What Purpose Is Served By Telling Your Client What They Want to Hear (As Opposed to the Truth)?
I had a case recently where we had a conference call with the judge during which time, a discrete issue holding up resolution of a larger issue was discussed. The judge made a suggestion which I took down verbatim and drafted language which I thought would resolve the issue. The...
Is the Standard in NJ to Get Grandparent Visitation Going to Get Easier?
As reported in the online version of the New Jersey Law Journal, in a story by David Gialanella,, state Senator Loretta Weinberg of Bergen County introduced legislation that would lower the burden of proof for grandparents and siblings seeking visitation. In the year 2000, grandparent...