Can Criminal Charges and Convictions Impact Custody Decisions?

August 6, 2021

Whether you are battling in divorce proceedings or outside of marriage, child custody is a thorny issue with as many considerations as there are families. Criminal charges against you can further complicate these issues. Each family situation merits a customized view and arrangement, though some principles remain constant. For one, judges deciding custody disputes always look to the best interests of the child when awarding custody to one or both parents. The starting presumption is that a child’s best interests […]

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When Does Child and Medical Support End in NJ?

June 27, 2019

Child Support Attorneys Discuss Children´s Rights and Emancipation Issues helping clients in Little Falls and across Passaic County It is a common belief that children who receive child support from a non-custodial parent are automatically emancipated at the age of 18 and thus relieve the parent who pays of any responsibility for future payments. However, this is not true in many cases. Currently, New Jersey state law regarding children’s (or their primary custodial parent’s) right to child support is that […]

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Who decides on Passaic County Child’s Best Interest?

November 16, 2018

Family Law NJ Attorneys explain how the law looks at “a child’s best interests” serving Passaic County, Woodland Park, Clifton, Wayne, Little Falls, West Milford, Paterson As a rule, decisions about adoption, child custody or any issue that affects a child’s welfare are made by determining through the lens of the “best interests of the child”.  In this article, let’s understand what a child’s “best interests” really means. Who decides what the “best interests” are for a child in Woodland […]

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