Parenting Your Children During the COVID-19 Crisi

Parenting Your Children During the COVID-19 Crisis – Seven Guidelines Issued by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

On Saturday, March 21st, Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order implementing what is in large part a lockdown designed to fight back against the coronavirus. As most of the approximately nine million New Jersey residents are directed to stay home, much of our focus turns to the children impacted by what is happening to all…

New Appellate Division Decision on Cohabitation Addresses a Payor’s Prima Facie Burden

New Appellate Division Decision on Cohabitation Addresses a Payor’s Prima Facie Burden

When is a supported spouse’s proof of a mutually supportive intimate personal relationship with another person enough to overcome the first step in the process towards terminating alimony? In the recently issued unpublished (not precedential) decision of Goethals v. Goethals, the Appellate Division reversed a trial court’s decision finding that the payor failed to fulfill…

Presenting Testimony Remotely at Trial

On January 23, 2020, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a published decision in a matter with which I am involved as to when a person may appear at trial and present testimony by way of contemporaneous video transmission. This decision is the Appellate Division’s attempt to fill the void regarding a unique and evolving…