It’s a tough problem for many parents, but it’s especially for divorced fathers in New Jersey: paying all of their bills including child support, yet still being able to set aside a bit of money every month to pay for college when the kids are ready to head off to school. With many fathers in New Jersey either out of work right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic or receiving a … [Read more...] about During COVID-19, Are There Ways for Divorced Fathers to Save for the Kid’s College?
Child Support
Kids Suffer the Most in High-Conflict Divorces
Children always suffer emotional pain and conflict when their parents split up. As an attorney who devotes his career to helping men and fathers who are divorcing their spouse, I have seen this first hand. It happens especially in high conflict divorces or where the mother is a narcissist, and a wide range of studies by psychologists confirm what I’ve observed … [Read more...] about Kids Suffer the Most in High-Conflict Divorces
Do New Jersey Men Still Pay Spousal Support When Their Ex Remarries?
What Happens When Your Ex-wife Remarries? It happens fairly often: The ex-wife of a New Jersey man or father remarries and I get a call from him asking what impact this will have on the spousal and child support payments he has been making under the terms of their divorce. Child support continues until the age specified in the settlement or decree. Sometimes that is age 18, … [Read more...] about Do New Jersey Men Still Pay Spousal Support When Their Ex Remarries?
5 Things to Know About Fathers, Stepdads, Kids, School and Divorce in New Jersey
As more and more divorced couples remarry, something I am hearing from divorced dads that we’ve represented in their divorce is that conflicts arise between them, their ex and her new spouse or partner, and children from the father’s first marriage. More often than not, the problems usually revolve around schooling. “My ex’s new husband keeps inserting himself in my kid’s … [Read more...] about 5 Things to Know About Fathers, Stepdads, Kids, School and Divorce in New Jersey
Calculating Child Support Payments for New Jersey Fathers
When a man or father in New Jersey is getting divorced, often one of their concerns is “How much will I have to pay in alimony and child support?” The alimony question can have a complicated answer because it depends on the income of both spouses and is something that is part of the negotiation that goes on during the divorce process. The question about child support is much … [Read more...] about Calculating Child Support Payments for New Jersey Fathers