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Usually, the people involved in a custody case are the biological or adoptive parents. However, a widely referenced 2014 case from the New Jersey appellate court allowed a stepparent who had raised a child from a young age to pursue custody or visitation with the child if that would be in the child’s best interests. […]

Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey recently signed a number of bills into law, two of which will affect our family law clients with cases in New Jersey. One of the new laws makes major changes to the process courts must use to decide how much alimony to award and how long to award it. […]

Before a client and I decide to work together on a child custody case, we meet for a forty-five minute to an hour long initial consulation to get acquainted.

What You Need to Know About Valuating the Family Business for Your PA Divorce. Pennsylvania is an equitable distribution state. This means that when a couple divorces, all marital property must be divided between the spouses. If you or your spouse owns a business, the business may be considered marital property. Before you and your […]

Dividing Investment Accounts The division of assets is one of the most complex aspects of a Pennsylvania divorce. Some assets are easily divided. For example, savings and checking accounts can be split in two. However, retirement and investment accounts are different; dividing these accounts can result in penalties or tax consequences. You want to protect […]

Pension Plans: An Important Asset in Your Pennsylvania Divorce If your spouse’s employer offers a pension plan, you may have been counting on that money to help fund your retirement. Now that you’re getting divorced, you might be worried about how this change will affect your future. Concerns about financial stability can feel especially stressful […]

How Divorce Impacts Retirement You’ve worked hard to plan for retirement. However, now that you are divorcing, your retirement funds may be marital property. You’ll need to divide retirement assets as part of the equitable distribution process. Distribution of Retirement Benefits A few of the most common benefits likely to be distributed are: 401(k) and 403(b) […]

A New Jersey judge recently made a father’s requirement to contribute to his eldest son’s college costs contingent on the son’s participation in father/child counseling. The case was Black v. Black, and involved a father who had agreed to contribute to college costs for his three children as part of his 2010 divorce settlement. The […]

QUESTION: I expect that I will be awarded alimony, how long can I expect to collect it? Alimony is a regular payment that one spouse makes to the other spouse in order to provide financial support after a divorce. In the past, Pennsylvania courts awarded one year of alimony for every three years of marriage. […]

QUESTION: How can a lawyer help me deal with a spouse who is controlling, uncooperative and withholds information because they don’t want to get a divorce? You know that your marriage is over, but your ex has other ideas. He or she doesn’t want to get divorced and is doing everything possible to stall the […]