Family Law

Adoption will make significant changes to your family. It will add a child to your family for whom you have financial and legal responsibility. You may have adopted a child from another country, a child previously placed in your family for foster care or a stepchild. ...

The decision to pursue a divorce is not usually taken lightly. Often, couples put great effort into reconciling, but when this fails, divorce becomes the only feasible option.  Frequently, the divorce procedure is viewed as being adversarial, meaning that couples lock...

Predicting the exact outcome of a litigated custody case in New Jersey is all but impossible. The standard a judge must apply for their decisions is the best interests of the children, and what upholds those interests is open to interpretation. Custody decisions...

Using mediation to settle your divorce can benefit any couple, but it is even more important to consider it if you have children. If you do not have children, you never need to see or talk to your spouse again once you divorce. If one of you wishes to move to the...

As a grandparent, you likely love your grandchildren as deeply as you love your own kids. Most of the time, grandparents get to enjoy the pleasure of watching a grandchild grow without needing to take on all of the responsibilities of their daily care like parents do....

Adoption comes in many forms, ranging from the international adoption of a child you've never met before to the adoption of a sibling's child after their death. All forms of adoption give a child who needs love and support legal ties to adults who can care for them....

You and your co-parent worked hard to negotiate a custody agreement that allows both of you to remain actively involved in your child's life. However, suddenly your child doesn't want to see their other parent.Why kids refuse to see a parent This can happen at any age...

If you and your co-parent are going to be living some distance apart after your divorce, you'll need to include some provisions in your parenting plan regarding the specifics of long-distance co-parenting. Whether your child lives with you most of the time and visits...

Co-parenting classes are designed to help parents who are no longer a couple learn to communicate, cooperate and compromise with one another for the well-being of their children. Sometimes a judge will order parents to enroll in a co-parenting class. However,...

When you were married, you and your spouse likely each helped your children buy gifts for the other one's birthday, Mother's Day and Father's Day, Christmas and other holidays. Now that you're divorced, if you share custody, you still have that responsibility. At...