Mediation takes as long as necessary. I tell clients that you could be divorced within a month, which shocks them. If you and your spouse come to agreements quicker, you could have your divorce resolved much more quickly. Certainly one of the factors that would lengthen the process if there is a necessity to appraise […]
Read MoreLegal custody is the term that we use for important decisions you make for your children, such as anything related to their health, education, and welfare. Parents usually share joint legal custody, meaning that they are going to jointly make these decisions for their children. Sole legal custody can be requested when a court deems […]
Read MoreIn certain circumstances, your spouse can be required to pay or contribute to your attorney’s fees. If you’re receiving enough assets that you could pay for your own attorney’s fees, courts will often times not award attorney’s fees.
Read MoreIt depends on your incomes. The difference in income will determine whether you pay child support, typically. When you receive alimony, that’s income to you, and if you pay alimony, it’s deduction against your income. It really is a product of your incomes after alimony is paid, if there’s any alimony at all.
Read MoreSince I’ve been an attorney, we have offered free consultations. In some respects, it’s something I feel I give back to the community I enjoy speaking to them. It’s actually one of the personal pleasures that I have as an attorney because people will leave and I often times get the compliment “I feel much […]
Read MoreOur law right now, in some respects, liberally allows the relocation if it’s made in good faith They must be moving for good reasons. All NJ courts will address if the move in the child’s best interests. In NJ, moving away from one parent is usually not consider automatically contrary to the child’s best interest […]
Read MoreUncontested divorces are those where there is already an agreement in place because all of the issues surrounding the marriage, including support, parenting time and custody, and equitable distribution have already been decided. Parties will go to court and they’ll already have a signed agreement in hand. That agreement will become part of the final […]
Read MoreMy answer is always the same, it depends on you and your spouse. Generally speaking, a divorce should take approximately a year. It can take longer. It depends on the personalities that are involved, and those personalities include your spouse and your spouse’s attorney.
Read MoreThe cost for your divorce is directly related to the attitude of you, your spouse, and each party’s attorney. This is a message that I tell everybody, “Tell your spouses to refrain from enriching the lawyers and to deal with the issues as the law contemplates, not what you want, but what the law provides.”
Read MoreUnfortunately, it doesn’t mean that. It means that you would have at least an equal role in your children’s lives, but it would not necessarily equate with you getting full-time custody of the children.
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