New Jersey State Law requires financial documents to be exchanged between spouses during a divorce. Throughout the process detailed financial information will be disclosed, including tax documents from prior years. In the following article, we will point out two important situations that could have severe civil and potentially criminal tax consequences on individuals. Disclaimer: The information […]
Dealing with addiction in a marriage is, sadly, a very common problem. According to a 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 24.6 million people are in a marriage where one spouse is an addict. Unfortunately, people who suffer from addictive behaviors, such as alcohol abuse or gambling, are also at a higher risk for divorce. […]
Recent news outlets have blasted Real Housewives of New York reality star Luann de Lesseps for her failure to comply with her 2009 divorce agreement which provided in pertinent part that she was to use her share of equitable distribution monies resulting from the sale of a Hamptons marital home to fund a trust fund for the parties’ […]
Very often the issue of signing a Quitclaim Deed arises during a divorce. When one party buys out the other party’s interest in the marital home, the party receiving the buyout must sign a Quitclaim Deed. A signature on a Quitclaim Deed indicates a party no longer has an interest in or right to the […]
It has been thirty (30) years since the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its decision on the landmark case of In Re Baby M, which banned gestational carrier agreements. In the Baby M case, William Stern entered into a surrogacy agreement with Mary Beth Whitehead, the gestational carrier. Per the terms of their surrogacy agreement, Ms. […]
Raising children with someone you are no longer in a relationship with will require the coordination of multiple schedules, including both parents and the child(ren). Each parent’s schedule likely includes job-related responsibilities, vacations, birthdays, family gatherings, extracurricular activities, etc., and it is expected that each parent will want to include the child(ren) in many, if […]
Verbal and physical abuse are easy to recognize, but there is another, more covert form of abuse that can be just as emotionally damaging. Passive aggressive behavior often seems normal and nice on the surface, but beneath it lays repressed anger and resentment directed at a partner who may not be strong enough to withstand […]
In a report issued this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the rate of children diagnosed with autism has increased nationally from 1 in 68 in 2016 to 1 in 59. See New Jersey Autism Prevalence Rate Rises to 1 in 34, Autism NJ, https://www.autismnj.org/prevalence-rates. Additionally, New Jersey continues to lead and substantially […]
There’s a new show on television called “Splitting Up Together”. It’s about a couple with three children who decide to get divorced but continue to parent their children on an equal basis. While one parent lives in the house for the week, the other parent lives in a fixed up, detached garage in the backyard. Then the next […]
In New Jersey, joint legal custody provides both parents with equal input as to major decisions regarding their child’s health, education and welfare. A common issue that arises as children approach their late teens is their desire to travel internationally, and how to handle this issue as co-parents. If a child is 17 years of age, then […]
