Six Ziegler & Resnick LLC attorneys named to 2018 New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Star Lists

Ziegler & Resnick LLC is proud to announce that six lawyers of the firm have been recognized by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers. Partners Vikki Ziegler and Steven Resnick have been named Super Lawyers. Attorneys Ashley Manzi, Alexandra Kachala, Alexandra Coglianese, and Adam Wiseberg were all named as Rising Stars. Every year, Super Lawyers rates lawyers…

A finding of “Not Established” is not enough: Ziegler & Resnick LLC successfully appeal DCPP’s finding

Our client, Hank – the names within this blog have been changed to maintain client privacy – was accused of abusing his seven-year-old daughter, Caroline. As he explained to the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCF), Caroline was throwing a wild tantrum when he grabbed her arms to try to stop her from throwing…

Living with Someone versus Cohabitation – is there a difference?

According to the Appellate Division, there is no difference between “living with someone” and “cohabitation”, despite one individual’s attempt to distinguish the two. The facts are as follows: after a 20-year marriage, the parties divorced on July 11, 2013. Their Marital Settlement Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “Agreement”) required Defendant (hereinafter referred to as “Rob”)…

MAJOR v. MAGUIRE

In 2016, the New Jersey Supreme Court addressed the important issue of grandparent/sibling visitation in Major v. Maguire, 224 N.J. 1 (2016). In this matter, one parent of the child passed away and the remaining, living parent cut off the grandparents from the child. The Court initially addressed this issue in Moriarty v. Bradt, which…

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You want to dissolve your Final Restraining Order (hereinafter “FRO”). It’s been YEARS since it’s been entered. In fact, you even communicate with the other part and you are confident that he/she no longer “fears” you as they might have once had. You are ready to file a motion to dissolve the FRO, when you…

LICHTER V. LICHTER

In a recent unpublished decision, the Appellate Division addressed the issue of emancipation and how that relates, in part, to college expenses. In Lichter v. Lichter, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1532 (App. Div. 2017), the Court reviewed a limited record from the trial court to address these issues. The parties entered into a Property…

Henneberry v. Henneberry

Paying permanent Alimony? Thinking about retiring? Hoping to terminate alimony as a result? If you said yes to all of the questions above, then you may want to become acquainted with Henneberry v. Henneberry, an unpublished Appellate Division case that was decided this past July 2017. Richard and Barbara were married on February 7, 1970…