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New Jersey Family Law Topics
Grandparent Visitation Rights in New Jersey
New Jersey law allows a grandparent or sibling of a child to petition the Court for a visitation order. While grandparent or sibling visitation generally becomes an issue after the death of a parent or during a divorce or separation, New Jersey does not require that the…Read More
Annulments in NJ
Annulments in NJ may be granted on one of the following five grounds:
1. either party was married or a partner in a civil union at the time of the marriage;
2. the parties are within the degrees prohibited by law…Read More
Abused and Neglected Children in NJ
According the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, twenty-two (22) children died in New Jersey in 2009 as the result of abuse or neglect. As of March 31, 2011, over 7,000 children were in DYFS out-of-home placement, and over 37,000 were receiving in-home services.…Read More
Foreign Support Orders
If you have moved to New Jersey and have a child support or alimony order or a Judgment of Divorce, which provides for child support or alimony payments, you should register your foreign order with the New Jersey Court. The procedure for registering a foreign order is…Read More
Calculating Child Support
There are two main types of child support guidelines, percentage of the obligor’s income and the income shares model. Percentage of the obligor’s income model is based simply upon taking a set percentage of the obligor’s income as their child support…Read More
About Alimony in New Jersey
New Jersey family law allows the Court to order a party to pay one or more of the following types of alimony: permanent alimony,…Read More
Dividing the Property in a Divorce
New Jersey family law provides for an equitable division of property during a divorce. An equitable division is a fair division,…Read More
Grounds for Divorce
When filing for divorce in New Jersey, you must include the grounds, or reason for, the divorce in your petition. There are two types of…Read More
New Jersey Personal Injury Topics
Car Accidents in New Jersey
According the New Jersey Department of Transportation, there were over 257,000 car accidents in New Jersey in 2009. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 583 of those accidents were fatal. New Jersey law provides victims of car accidents a means of…Read More
Negligent Service of Alcohol
The New Jersey legislature recognizes the difficulty that alcoholic beverage servers face when attempting to obtain liability insurance, due to a lack of availability and the increased costs. It realizes that this not only adversely effects the servers themselves, but…Read More
Negligence
Personal injury claims are tort claims based on the negligence of the other party. Negligence has been the standard of civil liability in accident cases for approximately 150 years, and is defined as the failure to exercise the care of an ordinarily prudent and careful man.…Read More
Personal Injury Arbitration
New Jersey code § 2A:23A-20 requires personal injury cases be submitted to arbitration when the amount in dispute is $20,000 or less.…Read More
New Jersey Wrongful Death
When a person is injured by another’s negligence or wrongful act and that injury leads to their death, the family may chose to bring a wrongful death action. In New Jersey, an action for wrongful death may be brought if, had death not ensued, the injury would have…Read More
Products Liability
The group of laws which hold manufacturers, distributors, and retailers liable for any damages or injuries their products cause is referred to as product liability. In New Jersey, a manufacturer or retailer is liable if the Plaintiff can prove by a preponderance of the…Read More
