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Dear Ask the Attorney: My husband is incredibly angry that I asked for a divorce.  Before he moved out he went on a rampage and destroyed our things.  Now he is threatening to take the children away and that I will never see them again.  I wouldn’t put it past […]

Often it is spelled out in divorce settlement agreements that once a child or children are emancipated, child support can end.

It is a common misbelief that a child is automatically emancipated at the age of 18 in the State of New Jersey and thus, one’s child support obligations are terminated when the child reaches that age, Turning 18 years old in the State of New Jersey is only a presumption that a child’s is emancipated, which can be rebutted by the parent still requiring support.

Dear Ask the Attorney: Back in 2005, my same-sex partner and I were “married”.  Per the law at the time, we have a Certificate of Domestic Partnership which was filed in our local registrar’s office.  Now, 8 years later, we are splitting up.  There are no kids in this partnership […]

Dear Ask the Attorney: My husband and I have decided to get a divorce.  I have been seeing ads for divorce mediation which say “cheaper, faster, less messy” and billboards in my area for $399.00 divorces.  Many of my friends who were divorced talk about how expensive it was.  We […]