After divorce, getting a custody and visitation agreement in place means the chance to move forward with your life with some semblance of stability of a schedule. The children (and the parents) develop a routine. But then, after a period of time, perhaps circumstances change – a parent moves out of state for a job
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Child Custody
Unmarried Fathers’ Rights in New Jersey
Families today aren’t the typical, status-quo families from years past, which is a testament to the beauty and diversity of modern life. Today one-in-four U.S. parents are unmarried, and with this increase in unmarried parents comes more legal complications. Unmarried parents must be able to confidently face issues like child support, child custody and visitation
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What are Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Non-Custodial Father?
What are Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Non-Custodial Father? Whether you are divorced or separated, as a non-custodial father in New Jersey, you have clear legal rights. New Jersey law recognizes that it is in a child’s best interests to spend time with both parents in most cases, and it does not presume that
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Studies Demonstrate Importance of Both Parents’ Involvement with Children After Separation or Divorce
For parents, separating or getting divorced involves important considerations that do not apply outside of the parenting context. While New Jersey law requires certain decisions (such as those regarding visitation and parenting time) to be made in the “best interests” of the couple’s children, ideally, all decisions should be made with the children’s immediate and
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Establishing Child Custody in a New Jersey Divorce
The process of establishing child custody during a divorce shares some important similarities and has some distinct differences from the other primary issues involved in bringing a marriage to an end. Like the other aspects of a divorce, divorcing spouses are permitted (and in fact encouraged) to negotiate custody terms without court involvement; and, even
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