If you are/were married, both parents are responsible for financially supporting their children following divorce, which may include paying for college. In the 1982 case of Newburgh V. Arrigo, 88 N.J. 529, the New Jersey Supreme Court held that parents’ duty to provide children an education includes college. What this basically means is that if
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Family Law Issues Can Cause Emotional and Physical Health Challenges
Anyone who has gone through a divorce knows how difficult and stressful it can be. In fact, according to the Holmes-Rahe scale, a commonly used assessment for measuring stress, divorce is the second most stressful life event for adults. Only the death of a spouse beats out the trauma of divorce. Marital separation comes in
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Do Mothers Have More Rights Than Fathers in Custody Disputes?
Please Note: Our practice focuses on cases that occur in New Jersey. If you’re in a custody dispute with your child’s mother, you may wonder, do mothers have more rights than fathers? Legally, the answer to this question is “no.” Mother’s don’t have more rights than fathers. Under New Jersey’s child custody law, both parents
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Health Insurance During and After Divorce
Are you nervous to get divorced because you think you are going to lose your health insurance, or your spouse is going to be without it? Although you both may not be getting along in the household, you may not necessarily want to see your spouse, or the other parent of your children be stuck
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Can You Change a Custody Agreement Without Going to Court?
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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