Most married couples share their financial resources and their obligations with each other. For example, the average household requires at least one or two credit cards to help balance the household budget and cover unexpected expenses. Credit cards can cause numerous...
What are you going to do with your home? If that’s your biggest question as you move toward a divorce, it’s important to have a plan and a solution. You and your ex need to know what you’re working toward, and you certainly want to know what your goals are so that you...
Going through a divorce requires that you split up the things that you accumulated in the marriage. This isn’t always an easy task, but it’s necessary if you want to legally end the marriage. For most people who are going through the property division process in New...
The decision to file for divorce is not one that a parent will make lightly. You will probably spend quite some time thinking about how the end of your marriage would affect your children and what it will mean to parent with your ex after a divorce. Although you know...
You and your spouse may have started saving for retirement decades ago. You probably share a retirement account or at least planned based on both of your incomes and a shared residence during retirement. Now that you find yourself considering divorce, you may worry...
Divorce is never an easy situation for anyone. It can be particularly difficult for children. However, there might be a solution that involves everyone staying in your New Jersey home. Nesting can make the transition better for your kids. What is nesting? Nesting is...
Dividing assets in a divorce is often as tumultuous a process as the personal separation. High-income couples in New Jersey have much at stake and must carefully consider how to begin the difficult task of evaluating their personal and joint financial affairs. Unravel...
For New Jersey couples, divorce is rarely an easy topic to consider. However, many reach the point in their relationship where they feel there is no choice but to move on and end the marriage. Despite perceptions to the contrary, this is rarely a knee-jerk decision....
If you are a noncustodial parent, there is a good chance that you are making monthly child support payments. When calculating your monthly payment, a New Jersey judge will look at factors such as your income and the number of children that you need to support. In the...
Child custody disputes in New Jersey can become very complicated when parents do not have the same goals about a parenting plan. Things can get even more intense when one parent accuses the other parent of being unfit and tries to get sole custody. It’s in situations...