Co-parenting is a collaborative approach to raising a minor child after divorce. It can be contrasted with a more traditional child custody and visitation arrangement, where the parents rarely communicate, and the child essentially lives a separate life with each parent. Studies have shown that co-parenting can yield significant benefits, and it is a central focus of the New Jersey courts re[ ... ]
Getting divorced is a process with numerous steps and decisions. Once it is over, you will have to live with the choices you made for years to come—or even the rest of your life. This is why it is crucial to make smart decisions and avoid mistakes. Unfortunately, many men either rush through the divorce process, failing to devote the necessary time and attention to decision-making. As a result, they end up giving up more than is necessary. Or, many men ho[ ... ]
People don’t go into marriage expecting to divorce. However, you never know what the future may hold. It is smart to plan for any eventuality to protect your financial well-being. Prenuptial agreements, also called premarital agreements, aren’t all about divorce, though. A prenup can also aid marriages by opening lines of communication and clarifying future expectations. 6 REASONS TO CONSIDER A PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT The following sections dis[ ... ]
Divorce splits up families and affects the most precious of relationships—the one between parents and children. As a responsible and loving parent, you want to nurture that precious bond by spending time with your child and being involved in major decisions regarding their welfare and upbringing. Joint custody arrangements, also called “shared custody,” keep both parents as equally involved as possible in their child’s life after[ ... ]
Have you come to the realization that divorce is the way forward in your life? If so, now is the time to prepare. Although your life may be a little chaotic, your future self will thank you for the preparations you do now before starting divorce proceedings. But what kind of planning goes into a New Jersey divorce in 2024? The team at [MFR] Men's & Fathers' Rights Divorce Lawyers is deeply committed to finding solutions to the many family law problem[ ... ]
Expectations are what we want, hope for, or assume we will get from someone else, and they are not always based in reality. When a spouse has unrealistic expectations of the other spouse, it can lead to serious problems in marriage and potentially to divorce. In fact, a large number of divorces are due to spouses having unreasonable or impossible expectations of each other. Does your spouse have unrealistic expectations of you? If so, how can you overcome t[ ... ]
Divorce is a sensitive and sometimes very contentious topic between spouses, and talking about it is not easy. Say the wrong thing when discussing a divorce and it can be damaging to your interests during the process. Whether you are considering filing or you are in the midst of divorce proceedings, you should understand what not to say to your spouse when discussing divorce. Try to keep in mind during any discussion that what you say could be used against you in neg[ ... ]
Divorce is one of life’s most stressful events even in the best of circumstances. For a person divorcing a narcissist, it is exponentially more fraught and turbulent. Narcissists often will do everything they can to make their spouse’s life as difficult as possible during divorce. They have little or no empathy for other people, a grandiose sense of their own importance, and thrive[ ... ]
In calculating child support in New Jersey, the courts use state guidelines as a framework for determining payment amounts. Parental incomes, number of children, the amount of time both parents spend with children, and additional factors are taken into account by judges in calculating payments. As with all complicated issues of divorce, arriving at child support payment amounts is not a[ ... ]
What does amicable divorce really mean? First, let’s start with what it does not mean. It does not mean you have to be best friends with your spouse while going through the divorce process or give in to them on issues that are most important to you, simply to be cooperative. It does mean that you have to be respectful of each other and be willing to compromise, because you most likely will not get everything you want exactly as you want it when it comes to[ ... ]