Category: Child Support
HOW IS CHILD SUPPORT CALCULATED IN NEW JERSEY?
- October 29, 2024
- Child Support New Jersey Family Law Blog
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[ ... ]
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[ ... ]
HOW DO EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WORK WITH CHILD SUPPORT?
- January 4, 2024
- Child Support Divorce New Jersey Family Law Blog
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,[ ... ]
Who Has Custody of a Child When the Parents Are Not Married in New Jersey?
- May 17, 2023
- Child Custody Child Support Family Law New Jersey Family Law Blog
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 is to establish the father’s paternity—without paternity being established, a man will not have custody or visitation rights. If you[ ... ]
What to Do When Your Child Blames You For a Divorce
- October 9, 2020
- Child Support
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 in their rel[ ... ]
Non-Custodial Moms and Child Support: Enforcing Your Rights in New Jersey
- September 7, 2019
- Child Support
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[ ... ]
Bergen County Child Support Attorney Discusses Termination
- September 19, 2016
- Child Support New Jersey Family Law Blog
As an experienced Bergen County Child Support Attorney I am often asked if and when child support is terminated. Child support in New Jersey typically goes up until a child turns 18. However, it could go longer or shorter depending on some factors. Child support could contin[ ... ]
Celebrity must remain on surrogate-born child’s birth certificate
- December 1, 2015
- Child Custody Child Support Family Law New Jersey Family Law Blog News
For nearly two years, television personality, Sherri Shepherd, has fought to sever ties with a son born to her and ex-husband Lamar Sally via a surrogate. Most recently, the former co-host of the talk show,[ ... ]
Do Custodial Parents Need a New Jersey Court’s Okay to Move?
- November 21, 2015
- Child Custody Child Support Family Law New Jersey Family Law Blog
Main Takeaways: Courts do not want long-distance moves to strain or break the crucial bond between a non-custodial parent and a child. A judge often steps in when a non-custodial parent objects to a move by a custodial parent. Parents may work out relocation details without the court's help. Many states permit pa[ ... ]
Palimony agreements and laws in New Jersey
The break-up of a relationship can be heartbreaking whether or not a couple is married. New Jersey child custody and support laws apply equally for married and unmarried couples.[ ... ]
