Is Your Ex Taking Advantage of You? Child Visitation Rights after Divorce in NJ The first place to secure visitation rights is during the negotiations leading up to your final divorce decree. If you are not going to have primary physical custody, then you are going to want to maximize…
Who Gets Custody of Your Children in New Jersey and WHY? As Bergen County divorce lawyers, we want you to understand your rights when it comes to how the courts will determine custody. If you are confused about the standard custody plan, listen up: Contrary to popular belief, there is no…
Gay Marriage in NJ is in the courts. As same-sex couples in New Jersey await the supreme court’s decision on same-sex marriage, it is still not legal for gay and lesbian couples to have the full range of legal benefits of marriage, but civil unions are recognized in the state…
Ed Murray / The Star-Ledger It is looking more like legal recognition of gay marriage may be in the cards for New Jersey, changing the game for family lawyers like ours in Bergen County who represent same sex couples. Check out the full article: Amick: Supreme Court cases could improve…
“Christmas is the best holiday for us. We’ll invited lots of people and have ridiculous amounts of food and drinks… Very traditional, very Italian — it’s loud at our house.” – Melissa Gorga,The Gorga family, currently promoting their work-in-progress marital advice book Love, Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot…
Child Custody and Visitation: Settling issues of child custody and visitation can be complicated and difficult when a same sex relationship ends. Did you know?… A non-biological parent who has provided for and bonded with a child while in a familial relationship can petition the court for visitation rights if the…
“I can’t tell you how many times Joe and I are approached by fans asking how they can have a marriage like ours. A great marriage doesn’t just happen. It’s a job.” Melissa Gorga On the heels of the high-profile gossip that her sister-in-law Teresa Giudice is planning to divorce…
As same-sex couples in New Jersey await the supreme court’s decision on same-sex marriage, New Jersey gay and lesbian couples still do not have the full range of legal benefits of marriage. Civil unions are recognized in the state of New Jersey, offering many of the protections of marriage. Our…
“TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Gay rights activists in New Jersey hope the U.S. Supreme Court will establish a constitutional right to gay marriage and end a prohibition in that state. As 1010 WINS’ Sonia Rincon reported, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up the California ban on same-sex…
New Jersey is one of four states offering civil unions and one of ten states providing spousal rights to same sex couples. Under New Jersey law, a civil union is equivalent to a marriage. Currently, since civil unions are not recognized by the federal government, gay and lesbian couples are…