Legal Weed and Family Law in New Jersey POST-LEGALIZATION UPDATE Our prior blog on this topic laid out some of the basic issues regarding legal weed and family law in New Jersey. We pointed out that several states had included non-discrimination provisions in their...
Many years ago I had a divorce client with a unique request. We had been negotiating a settlement agreement with her husband and his attorney for weeks. We were on the brink of a complete settlement. But to my client, something was missing. She wanted visitation with...
Family Law is fascinating; it covers every area of legal practice, from criminal, tax, to the most complex civil litigation issues. For example, if a spouse injures or (heaven forfend) kills the other spouse, there are profound legal consequences impacting the family...
Even those with no nose for news are likely to have heard about the attorney-client privilege in the context of certain recent legal proceedings. There is much confusion and misunderstanding swirling around this concept, even among individuals who should (and perhaps...
As crass as it sounds, this concept can be an important tool to help resolve difficult family law cases. It usually arises in the context of one spouse having significantly more income and/or assets than the other, and the couple doesn’t have a premarital agreement...
One of my favorite Jon Bon Jovi hits is “It’s My Life”, particularly the inspirational lyric “I ain’t gonna live forever. I just wanna live my life alive.” This exemplifies the concept of being in the Now, not the Past or the...
“An Act to provide for the reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018” better known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) is the most sweeping tax changes we have seen in...
Way back in the day before I started practicing law, there was no such thing as equitable distribution of property when a New Jersey couple got divorced. Property in one person’s name – usually the husband – remained their separate property...
Now there’s a word fraught with meaning: DIVORCE. For some it means liberation from an abusive or otherwise untenable situation. For some it means the destruction of their cherished hopes and dreams for the future. For some it means no hard feelings, sorry it...
My retirement plan is not to retire. I enjoy my work, and as a colleague once expressed so eloquently, “How could you not love the law? It’s inside work, no heavy lifting.” But seriously, I understand that this is the exception, not the rule. The...
