New Jersey Family Law

NJ DIVORCE LAWYER ATTORNEY MEDIATION CHILD SUPPORT HACKENSACK BERGEN COUNTY MORRISTOWN MORRIS COUNTY JERSEY CITY HUDSON COUNTY NJ

Even though the New Jersey divorce judge denied the father's motion to terminate child support for his 20 year old daughter, this was without prejudice to his right to compel an audit of the child support account.       Heffernan v. Heffernan, New Jersey App. Div., May 29, 2012

CHILD SUPPORT ARREARS NJ MEDIATION ARBITRATION ATTORNEY WESTWOOD CLIFFSIDE PARK FRANKLIN LAKES CRESSKILL BERGEN COUNTY NJ

A 33-year-old man with 30 children appeared in court this week to ask for child-support help. Desmond Hatchett has fathered 30 children with 11 different women. His youngest children are toddlers and his oldest is 14. Hatchett reportedly asked the court to give him a break on his payments, claiming that he's struggling to make ends meet with his minimum-wage job.   May 17, 2012

NEW JERSEY CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT MEDIATION ATTORNEY ARBITRATOR

New Jersey and the Dominican Republic are required to work together to enforce child support orders, under an agreement announced today by top New Jersey law enforcement and Human Services officials. The agreement would have an immediate impact on the 536 cases that involve one parent living in the central American country.     nj.com, April 12, 2012

MAPLEWOOD MILLBURN BLOOMFIELD LIVINGSTON ESSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATOR LAWYER

New Jersey family law clearly establishes that a parent cannot waive a child's right to child support because that right belongs to the child.     Seuffert v. Seuffert, New Jersey App. Div., April 10, 2012

MAHWAH MIDLAND PARK MONTVALE MAYWOOD BERGEN COUNTY NJ DIVORCE SUPPORT AVERAGING

Under New Jersey divorce law principles, the use of averaging to fix a party's income for support calculation purposes is commonly accepted and used when substantial variations in income occur year to year.      Troy v. Troy, New Jersey App. Div., April 9, 2012

NETCONG MADISON MONTVILLE MOUNT ARLINGTON MORRIS COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATION LAWYER

The father's motion to reduce his New Jersey child support payments was granted. However; the New Jersey divorce judge erred in not allowing full retroactivity [pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:17-56.23a] back to the original motion filing date. The resulting $20,000 error warrants a reversal and remand.    Vaughan v. Vaughan, New Jersey App. Div., April 4, 2012

WEST ORANGE LIVINGSTON SHORT HILLS CALDWELL ESSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATOR ATTORNEY

When New Jersey child support arrears are in controversy, either parent can take avantage of a Probation Department audit.      Smith, n/k/a Naylor v. Gilboy, New Jersey App. Div., February 8, 2012

FANWOOD GARWOOD MURRAY HILL BERKELEY HEIGHTS UNION COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATOR ATTORNEY

Although New Jersey divorced parents may take advantage of a Special Needs Trust for their autistic child, the facts here do not warrant a concurrent elimination of child support.    Bond v. Bond, January 14, 2012

NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATION ATTORNEY ARBITRATOR

New Jersey divorcing parties may enter into a divorce agreement under which their support obligations will be modified at a specific future date, without a showing of changed circumstances.    Montuoro v. Montuoro, New Jersey App. Div., December 26, 2011

HOBOKEN JERSEY CITY SECAUCUS KEARNY HUDSON COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATOR LAWYER ARBITRATOR

When the New Jersey divorce agreement is silent on the issue, may the New Jersey divorce court order the payment of pre-college private shool expenses for an unemancipated child of the divorced parents?   Livingstone v. Daniel, December 7, 2011