Thinking About Shared Residential Custody Five years ago if you were to ask someone to identify a standard/typical custody arrangement between divorced parents, they would most likely say that the parents were sharing joint legal custody (i.e. decision making) but that one parent had the…
LOOKING AGAIN AT “GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS” The New Jersey Supreme Court recently looked at the issue of grandparent visitation in the case of Major v. Maguire. The case re-affirms the task of the trial court in these fact sensitive cases. By way of brief history, New…
It is “Official”- a Child May Call their Stepparent Mom or Dad In many cases conflict arises when divorced parents with children start dating. Specifically, there are often disputes when one parent seeks to dictate when their ex-spouse can introduce their significant other to the…
Divorce Myth #2* – The Non Custodial Parent Only Gets Alternating Weekends There is a common perception that the parent who does not have primary residential custody is limited to only seeing the children on alternating weekends. The reality is that there are no set…
Divorce Myth #1* – Mom Always Gets Custody of the Children There is a common perception that regardless of the circumstances that Mom will always be awarded custody of the children. In reality, the Court is gender neutral and there is no law that states…
What is the Children’s Bill of Rights? In an effort to assist parents with making good choices regarding what should and should not be done concerning children going through a separation or divorce, the Court has created a document known as the Children’s Bill…
