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I recently answered a question for Einhorn Barbarito’ “Ask the Attorney” column about grandparents’ visitation rights. The “Ask the Attorney” column is posted in 57 different online Patch newspapers in which the attorneys at the firm answer questions submitted. Since this is a topic which could provoke many questions, I’ve decided to take it further in this blog.

My son and his wife had a bitter divorce.  We love our grandchildren, but do not like her and she will not let us see our grandchildren without her being present.  We want to take the children out on our own without her being around.  What can we do? You […]

Dear Ask the Attorney: I am leaving my husband, but really confused about what the whole divorce proceedings entail.  So, I asked a friend who got divorced recently what the whole thing was about and she mentioned that I would have to fill out a CIS.  What is a CIS? […]

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.