Recently, a New Jersey appellate court issued an opinion involving a father’s appeal of a court’s order denying his requested modification to a visitation and child support order. The case illustrates the difficulties parents can have when seeking to change an...
In a recent decision coming out of an appeals court in New Jersey, the superior court’s decision regarding visitation rights for the plaintiff-grandmother was reversed. Originally, the trial court had granted the grandmother visitation with two of her granddaughters...
In the last 40 years, the demographic composition of the U.S. Supreme Court has changed drastically. Today, there are four women on the Court; in 1983, there was only one woman on the court, and she was a recent arrival. Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the U.S....
New Jersey residents undergoing or anticipating a divorce will usually be required to submit information establishing the income and assets that are a part of the marital estate. Occasionally, one party may not want to release all of the possibly-relevant financial...
In the recent New Jersey family law case, Ricca v. Ricca, Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, Docket No. A-3195-20, the court reversed the trial court’s alimony decision so that the court could hold a hearing. The Facts of the Case After divorcing in...
The Superior Court of New Jersey recently issued a decision in Countess v. Countess, Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, Docket No. A-3541-20, affirming a lower court’s order denying a father’s motion to modify his alimony and child support obligations....
