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Rabbinical Council of America Passes Resolution to Mandate Prenuptial Agreements In All Rabbinical Weddings

According to Jewish law, both husband and wife must participate willingly in obtaining a Get, a Jewish divorce document, without...

The Demise of Brangelina: Can Custody be Determined by a Premarital Agreement?

Recently, rumors of trouble in paradise for megastars Angelina Jolie-Pitt and Brad Pitt (known collectively by their...

Economic Abuse is Recognized as a Form of Domestic Violence

Following the August 2015 amendments to New Jersey’s Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, a New Jersey trial...

Savings Component as Part of Marital Lifestyle Under NJ Amended Alimony Statute

In a recent decision, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court in New Jersey found that a...

How Cohabitation Impacts Alimony in Review of the 2014 Amendment to NJ’s Alimony Statute

Ambiguities related to the interaction between cohabitation-based alimony modifications and the 2014 amendments to New Jersey’s alimony...

Arbitration: What Happens When One Party is Dissatisfied with the Outcome?

In a divorce, arbitration can be an efficient and effective way to narrow and resolve the many...

When Final Restraining Orders Are Not So Final

Despite their name, final restraining orders are not always final. Final restraining orders (FROs) can be dissolved...

Divorced and thinking about relocating with your child? Read this!

In Bisbing v. Bisbing, the parents of then-aged-seven twin girls separated and began negotiating dissolution in 2013....

Updated Protocol for Grandparent Rights Cases

In the January 2016 decision Anthony C. Major v. Julie Maguire, the New Jersey Supreme Court clarified...