New Jersey Family Law

MARITAL MAPLEWOOD WEST CALDWELL MILLBURN SHORT HILLS ESSEX COUNTY NJ LIVING TOGETHER LAWYER MEDIATION

In New Jersey, a wife and husband may divorce but still cohabit afterwards. Here, the parties were divorced in 2004 and continued to live together until 2009.     Wyckoff v. Wyckoff, New Jersey App. Div., June 18, 2012

JERSEY CITY HOBOKEN HARRISON SECAUCUS HUDSON COUNTY NEW JERSEY COMMON LAW MARRIAGE MEDIATOR

It is well settled that New Jersey does not recognize common law marriages. See, e.g., Crowe v. De Gioia, 90 N.J. 126, 132 (1982), where the Supreme Court reiterated its refusal "to view non-marital relationships as if they were lawful marriages" because "[t]he Legislature has proscribed common law marriages."      Clayton v. Clayton, March 16, 2012

 

MONTCLAIR MILLBURN CEDAR GROVE LIVINGSTON ESSEX COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATION ATTORNEY

 
According to Unites States census data, New Jersey has the lowest divorce rate of all 50 states.   Star Ledger, September 16, 2011

SEXTING : GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE? HACKENSACK BERGEN COUNTY NJ MATRIMONIAL COUNSEL

 
Can sexting constitute grounds for divorce?     Fox News, June 8, 2011

WEST ORANGE SHORT HILLS MILLBURN CALDWELL ESSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE GROUNDS MEDIATION

The New Jersey legislature just introduced a bill that would eliminate the one-year residency requirement for extreme cruelty divorce cases involving domestic violence.    Assembly Bill A3089, July 13, 2010

CRESSKILL BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATION LAWYER

New York has declined to recognize "social abandonment" as a ground for divorce. The wife argued that her husband's refusal to eat meals with her, celebrate holidays together or attend family functions should be recognized as a form of abandonment. While the court expressed sympathy, it still affirmed dismissal of her divorce complaint.    Davis v. Davis, N.Y. App. Div., November 19, 2009

SADDLE RIVER BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE LAWYER MEDIATION

Under New Jersey law, parties can take advantage of a limited "bed and board divorce" pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:34-6, short of an absolute divorce. But when does the alimony award take effect? It was error to assume that alimony dates back to the entry of the limited divorce. Instead, alimony should have been prospective only, beginning with the date of entry of the absolute divorce. Pipitone v. Pipitone, New Jersey App. Div., October 27, 2009

MADISON MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE LAWYER MEDIATOR

New Jersey has one of the country's lowest divorce rates. According to census figures released this week, the state's divorce rate in 2008 was 8.2 -- one percentage point above North Dakota for lowest in the country, and six points lower than Nevada, which clocked the highest percentage with 14.2. Three southern New Jersey counties ranked highest in the state for divorce rates. Atlantic and Cumberland counties saw 11 percent of adults divorced, with Salem County at 10 percent. Cape May and Ocean counties' divorce rates were 8 and 9 percent. In terms of marriage rate, southern New Jersey contains the highest and lowest counties in the state -- Cape May County scored 63 percent, while Cumberland County's marriage rate is 43 percent. Press of Atlantic County, September 22, 2009

MORRISTOWN MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE LAWYER

After the New Jersey divorce, the ex-husband tried to modify the New Jersey divorce agreement. This motion was denied and is now affirmed on appeal. The husband never claimed the agreement was unfair or unreasonable. Thus, the New Jersey divorce judge did not err in denying the application without an evidentiary hearing.    Morin v. Morin, New Jersey App. Div., April 13, 2009

HACKENSACK BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE ATTORNEY

As the McGreevey divorce trial enters its 3d week, the salacious stuff that made the case the talk of gossip sheets --- the 3-way sex, the gay affairs--- is still a way off. That's going to come in part 3, with Dina Matos McGreevey's $600,000 claim she was defrauded into a marriage of political convenience by a gay man. For now, the case continues in the 2d phase, the financial section. But to New Jersey divorce lawyers, this is her best shot of getting any significant money, with a decent chance of emerging with an alimony award. "That may be her strongest argument," said Charles Abut, who was named one of the state's Top 100 Lawyers by New Jersey Monthly. "This really is the main event for her." And as to Matos McGreevey's fraud claim, that she had no inkling of his homosexuality and that he knowingly duped her? "Can I use a Texas expression? That dog won't hunt," Abut said.    The Newark Star Ledger, May 15, 2008