New Jersey Family Law

WALLINGTON RAMSEY ROCHELLE PARK WOOD-RIDGE BERGEN COUNTY NJ ANNULMENT DIVORCE RELIGIOUS

Pope Francis has just called for "open doors" to the Roman Catholic church, in deference to New Jersey divorced Catholics, who have remarried without a church annulment.      New Jersey Herald, August 5, 2015

 

 

BLOOMFIELD MILLBURN SOUTH ORANGE FAIRFIELD ESSEX COUNTY NJ RELIGIOUS DIVORCE MEDIATOR ARBITRATOR ATTORNEY

It can be very difficult to obtain a Jewish religious divorce, known as a "get." But an Orthodox Jewish woman who has been fighting for a religious divorce from her husband has finally gotten her wish. Gital Dodelson, 25, has been granted a "get" by her ex-husband, Avrohom Meir Weiss.    January 31, 2014

　

BUTLER CHESTER PARSIPPANY MOUNTAIN LAKES MORRIS COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDIATION ATTORNEY

The Jewish divorced father was entitled to a trial over whether his daughter could properly be enrolled in a parochial school by the Catholic mother, his ex-wife, over his objection and after their New Jersey divorce.    Phillips v. Emerson, New Jersey App. Div., July 1, 2013

WESTFIELD CRANFORD SUMMIT SPRINGFIELD UNION COUNTY NJ DIVORCE MEDATOR ATTORNEY ARBITRATOR

The New Jersey divorce judge ordered the ex- husband to provide the ex-wife with a Jewish divorce (known as a Get).  The Appellate Division agrees that this order constituted reversible error.    Lowy v. Lowy, New Jersey App. Div., January 5, 2012

FORT LEE BERGEN COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE LAWYER

A divorce judge has voided a Rabbinical arbitration award directing a father to pay nearly all his reported $30,000 annual income to support his 2 children. But the judge confirmed the decision on the disposition of marital property and attorney's fees, rejecting claims the Beth Din [Hebrew for "house of judgment"] panel of 3 rabbis  "coerced" him into the arbitration by threatening a "siruv" [a finding of contempt ] if he did not appear. Jewish religious courts often arbitrate divorce disputes and it is well established that a civil court can enforce an agreement in which the parties agree to refer a matter to a Beth Din. Courts generally defer to arbitrator rulings, except in rare instances such as misconduct or fraud. Berg v. Berg, New York Supreme Court, September 15, 2008