After years of investing for retirement and other goals, you may have accumulated a substantial portfolio. If you're approaching or already enjoying retirement, there are important steps that you ...
Category: Legal & Financial
What Happens to Child Support When a Disabled Child Becomes an Adult?
By: Amy Wechsler, Esq. & Heidi Ann Lepp, Esq. In New Jersey, child support is usually paid either directly between parents, or via the New Jersey Family Support Payment ...
The Intertwining of Domestic Violence and Divorce
By: Karolina Dehnhard, Esq. Legislature finds and declares that domestic violence is a serious crime against society; that there are thousands of persons in this State who are regularly ...
What To Look For In Your Divorce Attorney
I have been a family lawyer for 20 years. Throughout my career, I have met some of the very best people, at their worst or most stressed times. ...
Protecting Your Assets For Generations
Your Individual Retirement Account (IRA) may be one of your largest assets. Its primary role is providing income for your retirement. However, a significant amount of seniors will ...
A Modern Family
How the terms “parenthood” and “family” are defined continues to evolve. Today, it is not uncommon for a child to have a parent-child relationship with someone other than his ...
Child Custody, Co-Parenting and Decision-Making
In a divorce or separation, parents ask: “Who gets the children?” But children are not possessions to be bargained for or won. Consider asking a different question: “What do ...
Lawyer’s View – Blended Families
By: Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Esq. More than half of the families in the United States were formed by remarriages or recoupling of relationships. Based on current statistics, half ...
529 Plans: Dual Purpose?
Assets in 529 plans have grown significantly in recent years due to their college planning potential. But there's another side to 529 plans that may appeal to you; potential ...
Rights of Unmarried Couples When the Relationship Ends
In New Jersey, divorces of married couples and civil union couples are subject to certain financial rights and obligations that unmarried couples do not acquire, even if they lived ...