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Archive for January, 2007

*All Posts,Child-support,Child-support-modification

When a child becomes eighteen years old but is not emancipated, the support for that child is to be computed in accordance with N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23, not the Child Support Guidelines

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January 19, 2007 at 5:05 pm

*All Posts,Child-support,Income Imputation

There is a difference between the concept of determining income from self-employment and the concept of imputing income

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January 19, 2007 at 4:05 pm

*All Posts,Child-custody,Child-support

Who is the parent of primary residence (PPR) and who is the parent of alternate residence (PAR)?

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January 18, 2007 at 4:10 pm

*All Posts,Alimony,Child-custody,Child-support,Child-visitation,Equitable-distribution

Applications for relief from Equitable Distribution provisions contained in a judgment of divorce are subject to R. 4:50-1 and not, as in the case of Alimony, Support, Custody, and other matters of continuing jurisdiction of the court, subject to a Changed Circumstances standard

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January 17, 2007 at 5:48 pm

*All Posts,Agreements,Child-support

Even when there is a child support obligation agreement contained in the PSA, child support obligations are always subject to judicial review and modification

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January 17, 2007 at 5:42 pm

*All Posts,Counsel Fees,Divorce

The court may order one party to pay a retainer on behalf of the other for expert and legal services when the respective financial circumstances of the parties make the award reasonable and just

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January 17, 2007 at 2:40 pm

*All Posts,Child-support,Cost of Education

Those seeking to impose a duty upon the non-custodial parent to pay a portion of the child’s college costs, must include the non-custodial parent, in a timely and meaningful fashion, into the decision-making process concerning which college the child may ultimately attend

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January 16, 2007 at 10:22 am

*All Posts,Domestic-violence

A defendant’s prior acts can be considered in adjudicating a domestic violence complaint, whether or not those acts by themselves rose to the level of domestic violence

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January 11, 2007 at 10:27 am

*All Posts,Child-support,Criminal | Tags: need-citation

Federal law makes unlawful an obligor’s willful failure to pay child support with respect to a child who resides in another state if such obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer than two years or is in an amount greater than $10,000

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January 9, 2007 at 4:57 pm

*All Posts,Domestic-violence,Harassment

The best interests of the victim may require a final restraining order

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January 8, 2007 at 10:31 am