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What Custody Rights do Grandparents have to a Grandchild in New Jersey?
The law is well established in New Jersey favoring parents’ fundamental custody and parenting rights of their child. However, that right is not ...
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Savvy Darragh
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The Road Back to School Plan
When the world essentially shut down in March and schools were closed, parents throughout New Jersey held onto hope that schools would eventually ...
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Ziegler, Resnick & Epstein
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N.J. Supreme Court to DCPP: You Can Keep "Not Established" Finding (but you have to work a little harder for it).
Those of us that practice in the child abuse sector of Family Law waited with baited breath to see what the NJ Supreme Court would do with S.C. v N.J. ...
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Ziegler, Resnick & Epstein
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Parenting Your Children During the COVID-19 Crisis - Seven Guidelines Issued by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
On Saturday, March 21 st , Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order implementing what is in large part a lockdown designed to fight back against the ...
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Ziegler, Resnick & Epstein
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Parenting in the Time of a Pandemic
Never did I imagine I would be writing a blog post about parenting your kids in the time of a pandemic as the coronavirus sweeps its way around the ...
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Bobby Epstein
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You've Received a Finding of "Not Established." Now What?
When the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP) receives an allegation of abuse or neglect, they are mandated by law to investigate it. ...
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Elizabeth Burke
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Appellate Division Addresses Custody and Parenting Time Related Sanctions and the Intrastate Relocation Standard in New Decision
In a significant new decision, A.J. v. R.J ., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div. 2019), the Appellate Division addressed both sanctions for violations of ...
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Polina M. Dostalik
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Navigating the FD Docket: Court Forms and Procedures for Parents Who Were Never Married
The Courts in New Jersey have a specific set of forms and procedures for unmarried parents who are going through child-related legal disputes such as ...
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Savvy T. Darragh
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