For parties involved in a divorce with child support at issue, the process has just become simpler. A Family Court Judge in Ocean County recently ruled on how the "effective date for the retroactive establishment of an initial child support obligation" should be...
For many people engaged in a bitter divorce, paying alimony may seem like salt in a fresh wound. While alimony was created to allow a financially-dependent spouse to maintain the same standard of living as before the marriage's dissolution for a period of time - some...
Last month, President Obama issued an Executive Order that continued the recent trend toward providing more employee-friendly regulations. The Order's key feature is that it requires all federal contractors to allow employees at least 7 days of paid sick leave...
A New Jersey trial court judge violated a defendant's right to due process in a recent domestic violence case.Two people dated on and off from June 2012 to June 2014. In June 2014, the defendant sent the victim "six or seven ranting text messages" that called her...
It's easy to see the family and marital consequences of the recent Ashley Madison hack, which outed the names of those registered for the adulterous dating site. Workplace consequences, however, are a murkier area. While what happens in the home doesn't cross over to...
In State v. Hathaway, the New Jersey Supreme Court, reversed the Appellate Court and ruled that the police in this case did not violate the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution by doing a...
In a recent case called Qian v. Toll Brothers, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that condominium homeowners' associations are responsible for the upkeep of all sidewalks on and adjacent to their property. Before this decision, homeowners' associations were immune...
A recent New Jersey Appellate Court ruling decided that simply implementing a sexual harassment policy is not enough to defend an employer against a hostile work environment claim. Anita Jones was hired as a temporary worker at a Dr. Pepper Snapple Group manufacturing...
In the case of Mantle v. Mantle, Ocean County Family Judge Lawrence Jones voided the law governing divorcing parents' new relationships. In 2014, both mother and father of a child agreed to an indefinite restriction on the child's contact with future significant...
New Jersey child support laws may be headed in new and different direction, since the State Senate recently approved S1046 that would allow for automatic termination of child support at age 19.This bill S1046 passed by an overwhelming vote of 31-2. Under the proposed...
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