NJ Family Law Blog
Eric is the editor and also regularly contributes to the New Jersey Family Law Blog. This blog provides practical information and useful tips related to such topics as alimony, child support, custody, parenting time, divorce, equitable distribution, prenuptial agreements, domestic violence, and grandparent visitation. This blog is an excellent resource for individuals with New Jersey specific family law questions and advisors whose clients may encounter family law issues.
Recent Blog Posts
Coercive Financial Control Starting to Take a Foothold in Domestic Violence Cases
A new Appellate Division case shows that it does not take much to prove coercive control. Continue Reading…More
Are There Situations Where Joint Legal Custody is Simply Inappropriate?
Too often, joint legal custody is the default, even when one or both parents show no ability to communicate, cooperate or co-parent. Should this be the case? Continue Reading…More
How Much Job Search Information Do You Have to Provide When Seeking to Modify Alimony Due to Job Loss?
How much proof is required to get a hearing to modify child support and alimony. Supposedly, not so much. Moreover, the veracity of the proofs is an issue for trial. Continue Reading…More
Air Tags and Listening Devices Can be Domestic Violence Too!
The use of technology such as air tags, listening devices, hidden recorders, gps devices can be considered domestic violence Continue Reading…More
First Discussion of Coercive Control in a Reported Appellate Decision Since it Was Added to the Domestic Violence Statute
In a reported (precedential) opinion, the Appellate Division discusses coercive control for the first time since it was added to New Jersey's Domestic Violence Statute. Continue Reading…More
Flying a Drone Over Your Spouse’s Home and Remotely Locking her Computer Found to be Domestic Violence
Flying a drone over a spouse's home and remotely accessing and locking her out of her computer was found to be harassment warranting a domestic violence Final Restraining Order. Continue Reading…More
The New Year’s Resolution Divorce – 2026 Edition
A not uncommon New Year's resolution people make is to change their life by divorcing, deciding that they don't want to be unhappy for another year. Continue Reading…More
Feeling Like Your Marriage Wasn’t 20 Years Does Not Make it So
Open durational alimony is generally granted only if a marriage lasts 20 years. Feeling that your marriage is not 20 years long does not make it so. Marriage is typically defined from the date of marriage to the date of filing of the divorce complaint. Continue Reading…More
Awards of Counsel Fees When Successfully Prosecuting, but not Defending, An Act of Domestic Violence
When a party in New Jersey successfully obtains a domestic violence Final Restraining Order, they are entitled to counsel fees as part of the damages. However, parties are not typically entitled to counsel fees for successfully defending against domestic violence unless the cross-complaint was frivolous, retaliatory or made in bad faith. However, too often, cross complaints are frivolous, retaliatory or made in bad faith. Continue Reading…More
Trial Court Makes Mess With Sua Sponte Division of Unused 529 Funds
Trial court erred in ordering unused 529 funds to be divided equally between the parties when it was not even clear that they were marital assets that should or could ever have been divided. Continue Reading…More
