More and more women are choosing to exclusively breastfeed given the reports as to the superior health benefits, not just physically but psychologically, of breast feeding. Arranging parenting time between divorced or separated parents of a child who is still breastfeeding poses issues not just with overnight parenting time but…
On November 8, 2017, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued the unpublished opinion in the domestic violence case of J.R. v. C.R. (A-4936-15) affirming the issuance of a final restraining order (FRO) entered against J.R. who was in a dating relationship with C.R. Here, C.R. obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) on…
Marriage is not as popular as it once was. Based on 2011 data available to the Pew Research Center, barely half of all adults in the United States were married, which was a record low. In 1960, 72% of all adults ages 18 and older were married. Contrast that with…
In my last blog post I noted that effective September 1, 2017 a number of Court Rules directly impacting upon Family Part practice had been approved by our Supreme Court. I summarized and discussed a number of those Amendments. In this blog post , I will summarize and discuss two…
For many years Palimony actions were proliferating. Spurned on by the original landmark palimony case filed against actor Lee Marvin by his former girlfriend in California. palimony actions gave hope that people (usually women) in long term relationships without marriage would have some financial rights when the romantic relationship went sour.…
It is not unusual to question whether a litigant seeking a final domestic violence restraining order is permitted to testify about a prior domestic violence restraining order that was dismissed when outlining a couple’s prior history of domestic violence for a court. In M.D. v. P.D.(A-2054-15T, October 13, 2017),…
Despite the recent heat wave, Fall has arrived. Besides the presumably cooler weather, when the calendar hits September, we can always look forward to a number of things – school starts, rush hour traffic resumes, shorter days, etc. However, for us lawyers September brings with it the annual amendments that…
On September 20, 2017 the New Jersey Appellate Division approved a domestic violence case for publication the matter of L.C. v. M.A.J. (A4933-15T2), in which the Appellate Division addressed the use of pre-trial in limine motions, which are pretrial motions commonly used to request the court to make legal determinations about evidence…
I would like to begin this blog post by thanking all those who are currently serving in the United States military and to all Veterans that have served. Currently, there are approximately 22 million veterans of the U.S. armed forces and 1.5 million currently serving. On September 15, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a…
Summer is over. The kids are back in school. The normal routine has returned to your life. This is a comparatively calm time for most households. There are fewer stressors, a little more “me time” and a lot less “rock ‘n roll” than during the summer. It is a good time…