Over 95% of all divorce cases settle without having to go to trial. That is very good news. Trials can really take a toll on your family’s wealth, health, and happiness. For those couples that have to go to trial, having solid counsel is critical. But what does a couple do who wants to avoid running […]
Year: 2014

Going through the process of a divorce can be daunting for anyone; regardless of the outstanding issues a couple may have that need to be addressed and resolved during the course of action. Once these issues are agreed upon by the parties and memorialized in an Agreement, or ruled upon by judge resulting in the […]

The short and simple answer to this question is that in most cases a non-custodial parent will not be required to pay additional child support for the children’s extra-curricular activities since the basic child support award under the New Jersey Child Support Guidelines takes such expenses into consideration when child support is calculated. In fact, the basic child […]
The brothers, 34-year-old Avrohom Goldstein and his 31-year-old brother Moshe, were not leading anyone to the Promised Land with their capers. Rather, they were heading down the road to extortion, to which both pleaded guilty. It’s not often that you hear of a man being forced into divorcing his wife through threats of violence. And […]
Clients often ask whether they are able to legally record their telephone conversations with their estranged spouses. Obtaining recordings of statements from an estranged spouse can often be helpful in a divorce proceeding. In addition to written statements like text messages, emails or postings on social media, recorded telephone conversations and voicemails can be extremely […]
Does the type of job you have make it more likely that you will end up divorced? Well, according to a study at Radford University, that might be the case. The study found that some professions do in fact have a higher rate of divorce than others. And although some critics of the study have complained that […]

A New Jersey appeals court has held that child support payments past due at the time of a recipient’s death belong to the estate of the decedent, not to an emancipated child of the deceased. According to court documents, Donald and Linda Roder were married in 1987, and Donald adopted Linda’s five-year-old child, Mathew Merkel. Donald […]
Many people want to know how much it may cost to get divorced, and when making that determination, there are three areas of costs that should be considered: the financial costs, the time costs, and the emotional costs. Each of these costs should be weighed and considered when deciding whether and how you want your divorce to […]