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
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Child Support
HOW DO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WORK WITH CHILD SUPPORT?
Both parents are responsible for supporting their children financially following divorce. While child support payments include money for food, clothing, housing, medical care, and, often, payment for college, extracurricular activities are more of a gray area. Child support guidelines include some extracurricular activities. However, there are also extracurricular activities that child support does not cover
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Who Has Custody of a Child When the Parents Are Not Married in New Jersey?
As hard as it is for some divorcing couples to resolve child-related legal issues, the task can be even more difficult for New Jersey parents who were never married. Unmarried parents often have additional steps to take before they can resolve any disputes regarding child custody, visitation, and child support. One of the first steps
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What to Do When Your Child Blames You For a Divorce
Sometimes a Child Blames One Parent for A Divorce: What if Its You? Six Tips to Help Dads Salvage Your Relationship with Your Child Divorces are emotional for everyone involved, and they’re not simple. Often, it can get so complicated that children end up as collateral damage. One way that this shows up can be
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Mothers Fail to Pay Child Support at a Higher Rate than Fathers
The “deadbeat dad” is an image that has been imprinted on us for generations. In fact, when most people hear that someone isn’t paying child support, they automatically assume that it is the child’s father. However, according to an interview aired on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, non-custodial mothers are more likely to become delinquent on
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