As an experienced Bergen County Divorce Attorney I am often asked about equitable distribution. Equitable distribution means dividing of the assets. You hear the word equal in equitable; that does not mean that you are necessarily going to obtain 50% of the assets. New Jersey is not an automatic 50/50 state. We divide the assets
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Archives for July 2016
Bergen County Divorce Attorney Explains if Courts Favor the Mother
As an experienced Bergen County Divorce Attorney I am occasionally asked if courts favor the mother. In New Jersey, the courts do not favor one parent over another. In the New Jersey statute, it’s very clear that each parent should be on equal footing when heading into a divorce, especially with regard to custody and parenting
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Hackensack Divorce Lawyer Discusses Contested and Uncontested Divorces
As an experienced Hackensack Divorce Lawyer I am often asked what the difference is between a contested divorce and an uncontested divorce. The difference between contested and uncontested divorce is whether there are issues in your case that need to be resolved or not. An uncontested divorce case means you have resolved all the issues.
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Bergen County Divorce Attorney Explains How to Determine Alimony
As an experienced Bergen County Divorce Attorney, many clients want to know how much they are going to have to pay or how much they’ll receive in alimony. In order to determine the amount, we have a general rule of thumb that we do from a practical standpoint. That rule of thumb is taking one-third
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New Jersey Divorce Lawyer Discusses Collaborative Divorce
As an experienced New Jersey Divorce Lawyer, some people will ask me whether or not we do collaborative divorce. We do not do collaborative divorce at this time. A collaborative divorce means that you have a team of people, an attorney, a therapist, and an accountant, helping and guiding you through a divorce. Although we
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