New Jersey Legal Blog

Divorce filings spike every summer in New Jersey. Courts see it. Attorneys see it. The reasons are not hard to understand: the school year ends, family routines change, vacation time puts couples together in close quarters for extended stretches, and the clarity that comes with a change of season prompts decisions that have been forming for months or years. If

For most New Jersey couples, the marital home is the largest single asset in the marriage — and the most emotionally charged. In contested divorces, it is also one of the most frequently disputed. What happens to it depends on a combination of legal analysis, financial reality, and strategic decision-making that varies significantly from case to case. The short answer

New Jersey does not use a formula to calculate alimony. That single fact is responsible for more financial uncertainty in high-income divorces than any other feature of the state’s family law framework. When there is no formula, there is discretion — and when discretion governs, preparation, strategy, and the quality of your legal representation determine outcomes that can follow you

You do not know the passwords. You have never seen the tax returns. You know there is money — significant money — but you have no idea where it is, how it is structured, or what it is actually worth. Your spouse has managed every financial decision for the duration of the marriage, and now that you are considering divorce,

G.G.S. v. A.C.B., ___ N.J. Super. ___(App. Div. 2026) (approved for publication) On May 5, 2026, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a significant precedential decision clarifying when a final restraining order must be granted under the New Jersey Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. In G.G.S. v. A.C.B., the court held that a single act of forcible sexual assault accompanied

May is the moment. School is winding down, flights are being booked, and summer camps are already filling up. For divorced, separated, and divorcing parents in New Jersey, May is also the month when summer parenting schedule disputes tend to surface — sometimes quietly — in the form of competing travel plans, and sometimes not quietly at all. Whether your