What happens if your spouse wants to permanently move your child to a state other than New Jersey?

Topics: Child Custody

What happens if your spouse wants to permanently move your child to a state other than New Jersey?

Topics: Child Custody

I get asked all the time, "What is joint custody in NJ? What does it really mean in practical terms to me?"

The bottom line is that in New Jersey, there are two broad types of custody.

Physical custody deals with where the child lives, and legal custody deals with who makes major decisions for the child.

Topics: Child Custody, Co-parenting, family court

Child custody has been a very difficult issue since biblical times. King Solomon had his hands full.

Judges today still have their hands full.

First it was custody evaluations by a psychologist. $20,000 plus each.

Then came the Custody Neutral Assessment. A poor man's version of the custody evaluation. 

Now many judges just start with an assumption that 50/50 joint custody is in the child's best interest. Well, that was easy...but is it really right?

Here are my top 10 ideas about custody in New Jersey. I hope that they are useful to you:

 

1. This first article will teach you a little about JOINT CUSTODY.

Topics: Child Custody, Co-parenting, Divorce Court, family court

Maybe.

Maybe not.

What exactly is an emergency that justifies a New Jersey Divorce Lawyer bringing an emergent Order to Show Cause in Court?

Topics: Alimony, Child Custody

Not one of the thousands of people that I have consulted with over the past 37 years as a New Jersey Divorce Lawyer has ever said to me that one of their goals  was to screw up their kids.

Topics: Visitation, Child Custody, Co-parenting, Divorce

When I began my career as a New Jersey Divorce Lawyer 37 years ago in 1987, moms almost always ended up with physical custody, the parents shared joint legal custody, and dads would usually have visitation every other weekend, plus Wednesday night for dinner.

Topics: Child Custody

Joint custody in NJ is way too often, in my view, a big cop-out.

Topics: Child Custody

We all know the common line: a supporting spouse has a duty to continue to support the other spouse and children commensurate with the standard of living that the family enjoyed during the marriage.

Topics: Alimony, Child Custody

Intentional or unintentional (more often intentional) parental alienation is all too common in New Jersey Divorces.

Topics: Visitation, Child Custody