Category: Child Custody
What Happens When a Child Refuses to Visit Their Father After Divorce?
- October 7, 2025
- Child Custody
Parents often feel a deep sense of worry and confusion when a child resists spending time with the other parent after divorce. The issue becomes even more troubling when the child begins refusing visits that a court has already ordered. Many fathers ask themselves, what happens when a child refuses to visit their father after divorce? Courts in New Jersey must balance a child’s needs and preferences with each parent’s rights, which can lead to difficult qu[ ... ]
How to Parent When Your Ex is Undermining You
- September 22, 2025
- Child Custody
After a divorce, parents must learn to work together to support their children’s growth, stability, and emotional well-being. But for some divorced spouses, lingering anger or bitterness can make cooperation challenging. One of the most difficult situations is when one parent undermines the other—whether by ignoring custody terms, speaking negatively about the other parent in front of ch[ ... ]
NAVIGATING CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTES IN NEW JERSEY
- July 23, 2025
- Child Custody
Child custody is one of the most sensitive issues to resolve when couples are divorcing. Even when spouses are on reasonably amicable terms, disagreements can easily arise about custody that threaten to derail divorce proceedings and are detrimental to your child. If you believe you are headed to a custody dispute, knowing how to better navigate it can smooth the process going forward. A crucial step is to educate yourself about the legalities in New Jersey[ ... ]
AS A MAN, CAN I GET CHILD SUPPORT FROM THE MOTHER?
- July 23, 2025
- Child Custody
Do mothers pay child support in New Jersey? The answer to this question is “yes.” While men often believe that as fathers they will automatically be expected to pay, this is not true. Men can get child support from the mothers of their children. The law does not consider parents’ genders in support determinations. Who pays child support in New Jersey is based upon factors that include parental incomes and custody arrangements. Either parent may pay[ ... ]
WHAT IS JOINT CUSTODY IN NEW JERSEY?
- January 8, 2025
- Child Custody
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[ ... ]
UNMARRIED FATHERS’ RIGHTS IN NEW JERSEY
- January 4, 2024
- Child Custody Child Support New Jersey Family Law Blog
When parents are not married, there could be more legal complications regarding children if they split up, or if the parents were never together as a couple in the first place. This is why the New Jersey Court’s have a whole separate part of the Courthouse to assist and help those father’s who were never married to the other parent. Unmarried fathers who wish to be part of their children’s lives may first need to take steps to establish that they are indeed t[ ... ]
FATHERS’ RIGHTS IN CUSTODY BATTLES
- November 14, 2023
- Child Custody
Fathers sometimes believe that they are not given the same consideration as mothers in child custody decisions. While the law technically does not favor one parent over the other, sometimes it may feel to men like mothers have more rights than fathers. Traditionally, mothers in the past had an edge because they were stay-at-home caretakers, while fathers were wage ea[ ... ]
What Not To Do During a Custody Battle
- November 14, 2023
- Child Custody
If you and your child’s other parent are involved in a custody battle, you may be wondering what not to do to have the best chance at getting your desired custody and visitation arrangement. There are several things that can be detrimental to you in a child custody dispute, as well as detrimental to your child. Your deep love for your child shouldn’t be converted into an emotional test of wills over custody. Rather, you need to consider what is best for yo[ ... ]
EMERGENCY CUSTODY ORDERS IN NJ
- October 27, 2023
- Child Custody
The process to determine child custody can be a long one, especially when it is highly contentious. This situation can be a significant cause of concern for parents who have real worries about the welfare of their children when in the care of the other parent. For this reason, New Jersey law offers a potential solution through an emergency custody order. An emergency custody order can award a parent with custody of the child immediately or almost immediately, dependi[ ... ]
Rights and Responsibilities as a Non-Custodial Father
- September 21, 2023
- Child Custody New Jersey Family Law Blog
Whether you are divorced, separated or were never married to your child’s mother, 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 a mother is more fit or qualified to raise a child than a father.[ ... ]
