January 13, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal
Avoiding Discrimination and Hurtful LanguageThe New Jersey legal system defines parents as natural, when they have biological children or are parents by previous adoption. This language must be changed from both legal and humanistic perspectives. There is no fundamental reason to define biological parents or parents by previous adoption differently than the people who become parents of children through other avenues.
By Lynne Strober
4 minute read
January 22, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Preserving Marital Assets and Judicial Economy During DivorceOne of the roles of a family law attorney is to play defense with respect to dissipation of a marital estate during a divorce. There are two vehicles an attorney can use to achieve the goal of preventing the sale of real estate: (1) obtain an order prohibiting the sale of real property; or (2) file a notice of lis pendens.
By David Carton and Lynne Strober
7 minute read
January 13, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal
50-50 Parenting Time: Should It Be the Law?There has been a dramatic increase in courts awarding fathers more parenting time than historically allocated to them. The debate over shared parenting, and whether or not a presumption of same is appropriate, is a hot-button issue to watch for in 2022 and beyond.
By David S. Carton and Lynne Strober
8 minute read
September 20, 2018 | New Jersey Law Journal
The Marital Lifestyle, Post-Complaint Earnings and Their Effect on AlimonyThe legislature added the language “with neither party having a greater entitlement to that standard of living than the other.” What does that change, in fact, mean?
By David S. Carton and Lynne Strober
9 minute read
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