After clients have their parenting time decreased by court order, it can be a difficult, frustrating and prolonged process to return to the former status quo schedule with their children.

After clients have their parenting time decreased by court order, it can be a difficult, frustrating and prolonged process to return to the former status quo schedule with their children.

The rapid and unpredictable spread of the COVID-19 virus has created many issues for divorced parents and unmarried people who have children together in how to handle custody and parenting time issues.

There is often justifiable confusion regarding the enforceability of a so-called Get, or Jewish Bill of Divorce. A Get is a religious divorce document often issued by a Rabbinical Court referred to as a “Beth Din.”

During the recent defamation lawsuit featuring Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, the issue of Post-Nuptial Agreements was mentioned by Johnny Depp in his testimony. New Jersey family courts have often struggled with the enforceability of Post-Nuptial Agreements, which are sought out when the parties, for various reasons, are unable to reach agreement on a Prenuptial Agreement prior to their wedding date.

The issue of dividing retirement assets can become contentious and time-consuming during divorce litigation and is often not resolved until well after the divorce has been finalized and the parties are living separate lives. 

During the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, grandparent visitation remains an issue resulting in assorted disagreements between parties involved in contentious custody litigation.

With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic creating financial issues for many divorcing couples and a second wave potentially facing New Jersey, a Divorce from Bed and Board may provide unique benefits to divorcing parties in New Jersey. In New Jersey, a Divorce from Bed and Board is covered by statute and permits parties to obtain a divorce while allowing one party to maintain their medical insurance coverage if covered by the other spouse.

With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, many families face the dilemma of how to obtain custody of a child — seeking to stay indefinitely in a different state from the other parent, or looking to relocate to a state they consider to be safer for the child. The predicament of child custody when parents live in different states has therefore been at the forefront of litigation since the COVID-19 pandemic first began spreading in early 2020.